Plant Details

Accepted name:

Sunhangia elegans var. elegans [Fabaceae]

Source of taxonomy and confidence:

World Checklist: unpublished records ( )

Information about this plant:

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Infraspecies of:

Sunhangia elegans (DC.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi

Infraspecies:

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Sunhangia elegans var. handelii (Schindl.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi

Sunhangia elegans var. nutans (Graham) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
chamalayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chamlai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chumlayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
martoi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
matoi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mortoi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
murt	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mus	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pre	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
safed kathi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
safedkathi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sambar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 22 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

synonym
Desmodium esquirolii H.Lév. Fl. Kouy-Tchéou: 232 (1915).
Desmodium tiliifolium (D.Don) G.Don Gen. Hist. 2: 297 (1832).
Desmodium cinerascens Franch. Pl. Delavay.: 174 (1890), nom. illeg.
Desmodium cinerascens var. longipes Pamp. Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 17: 10 (1910).
Desmodium cinerascens var. microphyllum Franch. Pl. Delavay.: 174 (1890).
Desmodium elegans f. albiflorum (P.C.Li) H.Ohashi J. Jap. Bot. 70: 113 (1995).
Desmodium elegans var. albiflorum P.C.Li Fl. Xizang. 2: 892 (1985).
Desmodium forrestii Schindl. Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 15: 131 (1926).
Desmodium franchetii Rehder J. Arnold Arbor. 3: 41 (1922).
Desmodium garhwalensis L.R.Dangwal & R.D.Gaur J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 99: 96 (2002).
Desmodium glaucophyllum Pamp. Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 17: 12 (1910).
Desmodium rhabdocladum Franch. Pl. Delavay.: 173 (1890).
Desmodium serriferum Wall. ex Baker in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 2: 167 (1876), not validly publ.
Desmodium spicatum Rehder J. Arnold Arbor. 3: 41 (1922).
Desmodium tiliifolium f. glabrum Schindl. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 22: 266 (1926).
Desmodium tiliifolium var. potaninii Schindl. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 22: 266 (1926).
Desmodium tiliifolium f. rhabdocladum (Franch.) Schindl. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 22: 265 (1926).
Hedysarum tiliifolium D.Don Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 244 (1825).
Meibomia tiliifolia (D.Don) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 198 (1891).
Ototropis elegans f. albiflora (P.C.Li) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi J. Jap. Bot. 87: 114 (2012).
Sunhangia elegans f. albiflora (P.C.Li) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi J. Jap. Bot. 94: 290 (2019).
Tetranema nutans Sweet Hort. Brit., ed. 2: 149 (1830), not validly publ.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Desmodium esquirolii Levl.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Desmodium tiliaefolium G.Don	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Desmodium tiliaefolium Willdenow	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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