Plant Details

Accepted name:: Uraria rufescens (DC.) Schindl. [Fabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
kalasi	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
salaparni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Root		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 19 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Uraria hamosa (Roxb.) Wall. ex Wight & Arn. Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 222 (1834).
Desmodium dasyphyllum Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(1): 253 (1855).
Desmodium hamosum G.Don in J.C.Loudon, Hort. Brit.: 310 (1830), nom. nud.
Desmodium horsfieldii Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(1): 251 (1855).
Desmodium rufescens DC. Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 4: 101 (1825).
Dollinera rufescens (DC.) Endl. ex Walp. Repert. Bot. Syst. 1: 736 (1842).
Doodia hamosa Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 3: 367 (1832).
Doodia simplicifolia Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 3: 366 (1832).
Hedysarum hamosum Roxb. ex Wight & Arn. Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 222 (1834), not validly publ.
Hedysarum rufescens (DC.) Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 4(2): 292 (1827), nom. illeg.
Meibomia dasyphylla (Miq.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 197 (1891).
Meibomia horsfieldii (Miq.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 198 (1891).
Meibomia rufescens (DC.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 198 (1891).
Ototropis rufescens (DC.) Nees Linnaea 13(Lit.): 121 (1839).
Uraria desmodoides Graham in N.Wallich, Numer. List: n.° 5683 (1831), not validly publ.
Uraria floribunda Wall. ex Voigt Hort. Suburb. Calcutt.: 221 (1845).
Uraria lanceolata Graham in N.Wallich, Numer. List: n.° 5682 (1831), not validly publ.
Uraria leptostachya Graham in N.Wallich, Numer. List: n.° 5684 (1831), not validly publ.
Uraria paniculata Hassk. Cat. Hort. Bot. Bogor. Alt.: 273 (1844).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Uraria hamosa (Roxb.) Wight & Arn.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Uraria rufescens (DC.) Schindl.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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