Plant Details

Accepted name:: Stylosanthes viscosa (L.) Sw. [Fabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
manback	Other	Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011)
poor man friend	Other	Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011)
poor man strength	Other	Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 7 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Astyposanthes viscosa (L.) Herter Revista Sudamer. Bot. 7: 209 (1943).
Hedysarum hamatum var. viscosum L. Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 1170 (1759).
Stylosanthes debilis M.B.Ferreira & Sousa Costa Anais Congr. Soc. Bot. Brasil 28: 83 (1977 publ. 1978).
Stylosanthes glutinosa Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 6: 507 (1824).
Stylosanthes pilosa M.B.Ferreira & Sousa Costa Anais Congr. Soc. Bot. Brasil 28: 89 (1977 publ. 1978).
Stylosanthes prostrata M.E.Jones Contr. W. Bot. 15: 135 (1929).
Stylosanthes viscosa var. minor Micheli Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1875: 72 (1876).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Stylosanthes viscosa	Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011)

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