Plant Details

Accepted name:: Pleurolobus gangeticus (L.) J.St.-Hil. ex H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi [Fabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
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Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
akar katah	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
amsumati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anshumati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
ansumati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
astamati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
asud	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
atiguha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aṃśumatī	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
basiha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chirpat	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chuppa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cirupullati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dam pate	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
darh	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
daye	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
desmodium	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
devi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhruva	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dintata	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
dirghamoola	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dirghamula	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dirghanghni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dirghapatra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dirghapavrihiparnika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
doddeta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ekamula	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gat kosiya	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
getanaramu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gitanaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
githanaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
guha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
guhaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kaul munna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kemani bali	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kitavinashini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kola panna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kolaku naaru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kolakunaaru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kolakuponna	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kolakuporna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kolaponna	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
kulakunaaru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kumuda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lepantan	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
meringan	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
moorelehonne	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
moovila	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
moovilai	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
murela honne	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
murelchonne	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
murele honne	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
murelehonne	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
muruluboane	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
muyyakuponna	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
nakkotokaponna	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
nalla-nelapanki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nallanelapariki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nallanelapriki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nishchala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ondele honne	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
orila	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
parni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
patini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peddaantintha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peddanthrinta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peddantrinta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pivari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
prasniparni	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
prsniparni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
prthakparni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pulladi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
pullati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
ranbhal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sa la pa rn (d)	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sa la pa rni (d)	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sa la par ni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sa la phar ni (p)	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
saalaparni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
saalparni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sal leaved desmodium	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
salaparni	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
saleparni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
saliparni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
saliparnini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
saloporni	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
salpalnu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
salpan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
salpani	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
salparni	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
salun	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
salvan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
salwan	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Pl. for Snake and Scorpion Bite in N Pakistan (Butt et al., 2015)
sarivan	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
sarvanukarini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sarwan	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
saumya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sepantan	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
serengan	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
shaalaparni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
shaaliparni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
shalani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shalaparni	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
shalidala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shaliparni	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shaliparnini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shalipatri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shalparni	Other	Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003)
shalpurni	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
shalwan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shophaghni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shothaghni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shubhapatrika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sirupulladi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sirupulladi moovilai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
somyaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
spal parni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sthira	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sthiraa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
sthirā	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
subhagam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sudala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sudha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
suparni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
suparnika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
supatri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
surupa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tama-tsunagi	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
tanvi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thick trefoil	Other	Med. Pl. Trop. W Africa II (Oliver-Bever, 1983)
ticktree	Other	Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003)
trika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
triparni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
undupiyaliya	Other	Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014)
vasumanti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vataghni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vidaarigandha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
vidari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vidarigandha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vidārigandhā	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
śālaparṇī (root)	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
ශාලපර්ණී	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
粘人草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
红母鸡草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Whole plant, Roots		Pl. for Snake and Scorpion Bite in N Pakistan (Butt et al., 2015)
Roots		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Root, whole plant		Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
leaves, roots		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
root, leaves, bark		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
root		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
root	dried root	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
Root, Whole Plant		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

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

Desmodium gangeticum (L.) DC. Prodr. 2: 327 (1825).
Hedysarum gangeticum L. Sp. Pl.: 746 (1753).
Aeschynomene gangetica (L.) Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 4: 453 (1816).
Aeschynomene maculata Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 4: 452 (1816).
Desmodium cavaleriei H.Lév. Fl. Kouy-Tchéou: 232 (1915).
Desmodium collinum Wight Icon. Pl. Orient. 1(14): [1], t. 272 (1840).
Desmodium gangeticum var. maculatum (L.) Baker in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 2: 168 (1876).
Desmodium lanceolatum (Schumach. & Thonn.) Walp. Repert. Bot. Syst. 1: 737 (1842).
Desmodium latifolium Wight Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 1: t. 272 (1839), nom. illeg.
Desmodium maculatum (L.) DC. Prodr. 2: 327 (1825).
Desmodium natalitium Sond. Linnaea 23: 32 (1850).
Desmodium polygonoides Welw. ex Baker in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 2: 161 (1871).
Hedysarum collinum Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 3: 349 (1832), nom. illeg.
Hedysarum lanceolatum Schumach. & Thonn. in C.F.Schumacher, Beskr. Guin. Pl.: 360 (1827).
Hedysarum maculatum L. Sp. Pl.: 746 (1753).
Hedysarum ochroleucum Moench Methodus: 118 (1794), nom. superfl.
Hedysarum roseum Blume ex Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(1): 248 (1855), not validly publ.
Hedysarum styracifolium Roxb. ex Wight & Arn. Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 225 (1834), not validly publ.
Meibomia gangetica (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 196 (1891).
Meibomia natalitia (Sond.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 198 (1891).
Meibomia polygonoides (Welw. ex Baker) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 198 (1891).
Pleurolobus maculatus J.St.-Hil. Nouv. Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 3: 192 (1812), not validly publ.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Desmodium gangeticum	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
Desmodium gangeticum (L.) DC.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Ethnophytomed. Against Diabetes, SE Asia (Marwat et al., 2014) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. & Pois. Pl. 1 (Padua et al., 1999) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Pl. for Snake and Scorpion Bite in N Pakistan (Butt et al., 2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Desmodium gangeticum (L.) DC. var. gangeticum	Med. Pl. Trop. W Africa II (Oliver-Bever, 1983)
Desmodium gangeticum (L.)dc.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Desmodium gangeticum (Linn) DC	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
Desmodium gangeticum DC.	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Desmodium gangetium (Linnaeus) de Candolle	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Hedysarum gangeticum L.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Pleurolobus gangeticus (L.) J.St.-Hil. ex H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2021 (WHO-UMC, 2021) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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