EPPO Global Database

Ammannia baccifera(AMMBA)

Overview
Code created in: 1996-10-28

Basic information
  • EPPO Code: AMMBA
  • Preferred name: Ammannia baccifera
  • Authority: Linnaeus

Notes

Mediterranean (eastern), Western Asia, Himalayas, India, Sri Lanka, Bangladesh, Indochina, Malesia, China (including Taiwan), Sénégal to Somalia, central and southern Africa, Madagascar, New Guinea, Australia (New South Wales, Victoria, Tasmania). Used medicinally in India


Common names
Name Language
acrid weed English
blistering ammannia English
monarch redstem English
toothcup English
nagato-miso-hagi Japanese
shima-miso-hagi Japanese
シマミソハギ Japanese
ナガトミソハギ Japanese
аммания ягодоносная Russian
amanyah mitzrit Hebrew
אָמַנְיָה מִצְרִית Hebrew
dadmari Bengali
shuǐ xiàn cài Chinese
水苋菜 Chinese
agnibuti Hindi
dadmari Hindi
jungli mehendi Hindi
agnigarbha Sanskrit
brahmasoma Sanskrit