Plant Details

Accepted name:: Phyllodium elegans (Lour.) Desv. [Fabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
camlayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chamlai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chemlai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mathoyi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pre	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
毛排钱草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 8 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Desmodium elegans (Lour.) Benth. Fl. Hongk.: 83 (1861), nom. illeg.
Hedysarum elegans Lour. Fl. Cochinch.: 450 (1790).
Aeschynomene heterophylla Lour. Fl. Cochinch., ed. 2: 446 (1793).
Desmodium blandum Meeuwen Reinwardtia 6: 247 (1962).
Dicerma elegans (Lour.) DC. Prodr. 2: 339 (1825).
Phyllodium elegans var. javanicum Schindl. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 20: 270 (1924).
Phyllodium elegans var. typicum Schindl. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 20: 270 (1924), not validly publ.
Zornia elegans (Lour.) Pers. Syn. Pl. 2: 318 (1807).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Desmodium elegans (Lour.) Benth.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Desmodium elegans BENTH.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Hedysarum elegans Lour.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Phyllodium elegans	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Phyllodium elegans (Lour.) Desv.	Med. & Pois. Pl. 2 (Valkenburg et al., 1999) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Phyllodium elegans (Loureiro) Desvaux	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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