Plant Details

Accepted name:: Tephrosia hookeriana Wight & Arn. [Fabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
kavalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 5 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Tephrosia hirta Buch.-Ham. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 13: 546 (1822).
Cracca hirta (Buch.-Ham.) Britton & P.Wilson Sci. Surv. Porto Rico & Virgin Islands 6: 351 (1926).
Galega hirta Buch.-Ham. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 13: 546 (1822).
Galega villosa Buch.-Ham. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 13: 547 (1822), nom. illeg.
Tephrosia colutea Pers. Syn. Pl. 2: 329 (1807).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Tephrosia hirta (Buch.-Ham.) Benth.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Tephrosia hookeriana Wight & Arn.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Tephyosia hookeriana	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)

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