Plant Details

Accepted name:: Vigna umbellata (Thunb.) Ohwi & H.Ohashi [Fabaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bhitoyadal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhotiya dal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chi xiao dou	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
chih siao dou	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
chixiaodou	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
kacang sepalit	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kachang enjing	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kachang ruji	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kachang sepalit	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kattulunnu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
masaparni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
naurangi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
phaseoli angularis semen	Pharmaceutical	Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002)
rains	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
red bean	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
rice bean	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
semen phaseoli	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
semen phaseoli calcarati	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
sutri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vignae semen	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
赤小豆	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
赤小豆叶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
赤小豆花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
赤小豆芽	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
seed	dried ripe seed	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
seed	dried ripe seed	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
leaves		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
seed	dried ripe seed	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
seed		Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002)

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

Dolichos umbellatus Thunb. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 2: 339 (1794).
Phaseolus calcaratus Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 3: 289 (1832).
Phaseolus hispidulus Hassk. Cat. Hort. Bot. Bogor. Alt.: 279 (1844).
Phaseolus pubescens Blume Catalogus: 93 (1823).
Azukia umbellata (Thunb.) Ohwi Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus. Tokyo 33: 77 (1953).
Dolichos trilobus Blanco Fl. Filip., ed. 2.: 403 (1845), nom. illeg.
Dolichos unguiculatus Thunb. Fl. Jap.: 279 (1784), sensu auct.
Phaseolus angustifolius Hassk. Cat. Hort. Bot. Bogor. Alt.: 279 (1844), nom. illeg.
Phaseolus chrysanthos Savi Nuovo Giorn. Lett., ser. 3, 3: 318 (1822).
Phaseolus chrysanthos var. hirtus Hassk. Flora 25(2, Beibl. 1): 69 (1842).
Phaseolus hirtuz Wall. Numer. List: n.° 5593 (1831), not validly publ.
Phaseolus humilis Hassk. Cat. Hort. Bot. Bogor. Alt.: 278 (1844).
Phaseolus leptospermus Lag. Gen. Sp. Pl.: 22 (1816).
Phaseolus ricciardianus Ten. Index Seminum (NAP, Neapolitano) 1833: 4 (1833).
Phaseolus ricciardianus var. macrocarpus Prain J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 66: 424 (1897).
Phaseolus sublobatus Wall. Numer. List: n.° 5598 A, B (1831), not validly publ.
Phaseolus torosus Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 3: 298 (1832).
Vigna brachycalyx Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 25: 310 (1890).
Vigna calcarata (Roxb.) Kurz J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 45: 247 (1876).
Vigna papuana Baker f. Trans. Linn. Soc. London, Bot. 9: 34 (1916).
Vigna ricciardiana (Ten.) Babu & S.K.Sharma Bull. Bot. Surv. India 27: 21 (1985 publ. 1987).
Vigna ricciardiana var. macrocarpa (Prain) H.B.Naithani & S.Biswas in H.B.Naithani, Flow. Pl. India, Nepal & Bhutan: 129 (1990).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Dolichos umbellatus Thunb.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Phaseolum calcaratus Roxburgh	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Phaseolus calcaratus	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Phaseolus calcaratus ROXB.	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
Phaseolus calcaratus Roxb.	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Phaseolus calcaratus Roxburgh	Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002)
Phaseolus hispidulus	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Phaseolus pubescens	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Phaseolus pubescens Bl.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Vigna umbellata (Thunb.) Ohwi & H. Ohashi	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Vigna umbellata (Thunb.) Ohwi & H.Ohashi	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Vigna umbellata (Thunb.) Ohwi & Ohashi	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Vigna umbellata (Thunb.) Ohwi et Ohashi	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Vigna umbellata Ohwi et Ohashi	Pharmacop. of China (2015)
Vigna umbellata ohwi et Ohashi	Pharmacop. of China (2010)

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