Plant Details

Accepted name:: Vigna marina (Burm.) Merr. [Fabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
kachang laut	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
karal-li me	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
lee me	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
කරල් ලී මෑ	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
ලී මෑ	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 16 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Vigna lutea (Sw.) A.Gray U.S. Expl. Exped., Phan. 1: 452 (1854).
Vigna retusa (E.Mey.) Walp. Linnaea 13: 534 (1840).
Callicysthus volubilis Endl. Prodr. Fl. Norfolk.: 90 (1833).
Dolichos luteus Sw. Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 105 (1788).
Dolichos retusus E.Mey. Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr.: 147 (1836), nom. nud.
Dolichos savii Montrouz. Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Lyon, Sect. Sci., sér. 2, 10: 197 (1860).
Phaseolus marinus Burm. Index Alt. Herb. Amboin.: 18 (1769), nom. cons. prop.
Phaseolus obovatus Graham in N.Wallich, Numer. List: n.° 5609 (1831), not validly publ.
Scytalis anomala Vogel Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 19(Suppl. 1): 32 (1843).
Scytalis retusa E.Mey. Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr.: 147 (1836).
Vigna anomala Walp. Repert. Bot. Syst. 1: 779 (1843).
Vigna lutea var. samoensis Hochr. Candollea 2: 405 (1925).
Vigna marina subsp. oblonga (Benth.) Padulosi Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 62: 122 (1993).
Vigna oblonga Benth. Bot. Voy. Sulphur: 86 (1844).
Vigna repens var. lutea (Sw.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 212 (1891).
Vigna rotundifolia Hassk. Cat. Hort. Bot. Bogor. Alt.: 279 (1844).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Vigna lutea	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Vigna lutea A.Gray	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Vigna lutea Gray	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Vigna marina	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Vigna marina (Burm.) Merr.	Fijian Med. Pl. (Cambie & Ash, 1994) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Medicinal Pl. in S Pacific (WHO, 1998) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Vigna marina (Burm.f.) Merr.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Vigna marina Merr.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Vigna retusa (E.Mey.) Walp.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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