Taxon:  Canscora alata (Roth) Wall.



Summary
Genus:
Canscora
Family:
Gentianaceae
Tribe:
Chironieae
Subtribe:
Canscorinae
Nomen number:
418842
Place of publication:
Numer. List 153, no. 4363.  1831
Verified:
08/09/2001 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Exacum alata Roth

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Canscora decussata (Roxb.) Schult. & Schult. f.
Pladera decussata Roxb.

Images (2 total. Click on image for more.)
Embryo drawing

Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India. 1985-1992. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. Raw materials (revised edition). Note: as Canscora decussata
  2. Humbert, J.-H., ed. 1936-. Flore de Madagascar et des Comores.
  3. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
  4. Thiv, M. 2003. A taxonomic revision of Canscora, Cracosna, Duplipetala, Hoppea, Microrphium, Phyllocyclus, and Schinziella (Gentianaceae - Canscorinae). Blumea 48:6.
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishcanscora  1McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaKenya  Thiv, M. 2003. A taxonomic revision of Canscora, Cracosna, Duplipetala, Hoppea, Microrphium, Phyllocyclus, and Schinziella (Gentianaceae - Canscorinae). Blumea 48:6.
1NativeAfricaEast Tropical AfricaTanzania  Thiv, M. 2003. A taxonomic revision of Canscora, Cracosna, Duplipetala, Hoppea, Microrphium, Phyllocyclus, and Schinziella (Gentianaceae - Canscorinae). Blumea 48:6.
1NativeAfricaNortheast Tropical AfricaSudan  Thiv, M. 2003. A taxonomic revision of Canscora, Cracosna, Duplipetala, Hoppea, Microrphium, Phyllocyclus, and Schinziella (Gentianaceae - Canscorinae). Blumea 48:6.
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMalawi  Thiv, M. 2003. A taxonomic revision of Canscora, Cracosna, Duplipetala, Hoppea, Microrphium, Phyllocyclus, and Schinziella (Gentianaceae - Canscorinae). Blumea 48:6.
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaMozambique  Thiv, M. 2003. A taxonomic revision of Canscora, Cracosna, Duplipetala, Hoppea, Microrphium, Phyllocyclus, and Schinziella (Gentianaceae - Canscorinae). Blumea 48:6.
1NativeAfricaSouth Tropical AfricaZambia  Thiv, M. 2003. A taxonomic revision of Canscora, Cracosna, Duplipetala, Hoppea, Microrphium, Phyllocyclus, and Schinziella (Gentianaceae - Canscorinae). Blumea 48:6.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaBenin  Thiv, M. 2003. A taxonomic revision of Canscora, Cracosna, Duplipetala, Hoppea, Microrphium, Phyllocyclus, and Schinziella (Gentianaceae - Canscorinae). Blumea 48:6.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaCôte D'Ivoire  Thiv, M. 2003. A taxonomic revision of Canscora, Cracosna, Duplipetala, Hoppea, Microrphium, Phyllocyclus, and Schinziella (Gentianaceae - Canscorinae). Blumea 48:6.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGhana  Thiv, M. 2003. A taxonomic revision of Canscora, Cracosna, Duplipetala, Hoppea, Microrphium, Phyllocyclus, and Schinziella (Gentianaceae - Canscorinae). Blumea 48:6.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGuinea  Thiv, M. 2003. A taxonomic revision of Canscora, Cracosna, Duplipetala, Hoppea, Microrphium, Phyllocyclus, and Schinziella (Gentianaceae - Canscorinae). Blumea 48:6.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaGuinea-Bissau  Thiv, M. 2003. A taxonomic revision of Canscora, Cracosna, Duplipetala, Hoppea, Microrphium, Phyllocyclus, and Schinziella (Gentianaceae - Canscorinae). Blumea 48:6.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaMali  Thiv, M. 2003. A taxonomic revision of Canscora, Cracosna, Duplipetala, Hoppea, Microrphium, Phyllocyclus, and Schinziella (Gentianaceae - Canscorinae). Blumea 48:6.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaNigeria  Thiv, M. 2003. A taxonomic revision of Canscora, Cracosna, Duplipetala, Hoppea, Microrphium, Phyllocyclus, and Schinziella (Gentianaceae - Canscorinae). Blumea 48:6.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaSenegal  Thiv, M. 2003. A taxonomic revision of Canscora, Cracosna, Duplipetala, Hoppea, Microrphium, Phyllocyclus, and Schinziella (Gentianaceae - Canscorinae). Blumea 48:6.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaSierra Leone  Thiv, M. 2003. A taxonomic revision of Canscora, Cracosna, Duplipetala, Hoppea, Microrphium, Phyllocyclus, and Schinziella (Gentianaceae - Canscorinae). Blumea 48:6.
1NativeAfricaWest Tropical AfricaTogo  Thiv, M. 2003. A taxonomic revision of Canscora, Cracosna, Duplipetala, Hoppea, Microrphium, Phyllocyclus, and Schinziella (Gentianaceae - Canscorinae). Blumea 48:6.
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCameroon  Thiv, M. 2003. A taxonomic revision of Canscora, Cracosna, Duplipetala, Hoppea, Microrphium, Phyllocyclus, and Schinziella (Gentianaceae - Canscorinae). Blumea 48:6.
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaCentral African Republic  Thiv, M. 2003. A taxonomic revision of Canscora, Cracosna, Duplipetala, Hoppea, Microrphium, Phyllocyclus, and Schinziella (Gentianaceae - Canscorinae). Blumea 48:6.
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaDemocratic Republic of the Congo  Thiv, M. 2003. A taxonomic revision of Canscora, Cracosna, Duplipetala, Hoppea, Microrphium, Phyllocyclus, and Schinziella (Gentianaceae - Canscorinae). Blumea 48:6.
1NativeAfricaWest-Central Tropical AfricaGabon  Thiv, M. 2003. A taxonomic revision of Canscora, Cracosna, Duplipetala, Hoppea, Microrphium, Phyllocyclus, and Schinziella (Gentianaceae - Canscorinae). Blumea 48:6.
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanComoros  Thiv, M. 2003. A taxonomic revision of Canscora, Cracosna, Duplipetala, Hoppea, Microrphium, Phyllocyclus, and Schinziella (Gentianaceae - Canscorinae). Blumea 48:6.
1NativeAfricaWestern Indian OceanMadagascar n.Humbert, J.-H., ed. 1936-. Flore de Madagascar et des Comores.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentBangladesh  Thiv, M. 2003. A taxonomic revision of Canscora, Cracosna, Duplipetala, Hoppea, Microrphium, Phyllocyclus, and Schinziella (Gentianaceae - Canscorinae). Blumea 48:6.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentIndia  Thiv, M. 2003. A taxonomic revision of Canscora, Cracosna, Duplipetala, Hoppea, Microrphium, Phyllocyclus, and Schinziella (Gentianaceae - Canscorinae). Blumea 48:6.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentNepal  Thiv, M. 2003. A taxonomic revision of Canscora, Cracosna, Duplipetala, Hoppea, Microrphium, Phyllocyclus, and Schinziella (Gentianaceae - Canscorinae). Blumea 48:6.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndian SubcontinentSri Lanka  Thiv, M. 2003. A taxonomic revision of Canscora, Cracosna, Duplipetala, Hoppea, Microrphium, Phyllocyclus, and Schinziella (Gentianaceae - Canscorinae). Blumea 48:6.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaMyanmar  Thiv, M. 2003. A taxonomic revision of Canscora, Cracosna, Duplipetala, Hoppea, Microrphium, Phyllocyclus, and Schinziella (Gentianaceae - Canscorinae). Blumea 48:6.
1NativeAsia-TropicalIndo-ChinaThailand n.Thiv, M. 2003. A taxonomic revision of Canscora, Cracosna, Duplipetala, Hoppea, Microrphium, Phyllocyclus, and Schinziella (Gentianaceae - Canscorinae). Blumea 48:6.
Native
Africa
  • NORTHEAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Sudan
  • EAST TROPICAL AFRICA: Kenya, Tanzania
  • WEST-CENTRAL TROPICAL AFRICA: Central African Republic, Cameroon, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Gabon
  • WEST TROPICAL AFRICA: Benin, Côte D'Ivoire, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Togo
  • SOUTH TROPICAL AFRICA: Mozambique, Malawi, Zambia
  • WESTERN INDIAN OCEAN: Comoros, Madagascar (n.)
Asia-Tropical
  • INDIAN SUBCONTINENT: Bangladesh, India, Sri Lanka, Nepal
  • INDO-CHINA: Myanmar, Thailand (n.)

Reference(s)
  1. Humbert, J.-H., ed. 1936-. Flore de Madagascar et des Comores.
  2. Thiv, M. 2003. A taxonomic revision of Canscora, Cracosna, Duplipetala, Hoppea, Microrphium, Phyllocyclus, and Schinziella (Gentianaceae - Canscorinae). Blumea 48:6.
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Medicinesfolklore Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India. 1985-1992. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. Raw materials (revised edition). Note: as Canscora decussata
Weedseed contaminantpotential; as Canscora decussataHolm, L. et al. 1979. A geographical atlas of world weeds
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=418842. Accessed 13 May 2026.