Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
abeyvel	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
araniyamutkam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
asisimbi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
badi sema	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bara-mareca	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
canavaliae semen	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
civapputtampattai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
daodou	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
foshāq	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
ghevdo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jack bean	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
kattavaraikkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kayilakakkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kayilakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khadsampal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khel zho mar po	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
koliavarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lalkudusumpal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mahasimbi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mkhal zho dmar po	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
segapputampattai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
segapu thampattai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
semen canavaliae	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
shambee avare	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sword bean	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thamma kaaya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thumbe kaayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
valamara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
valpayar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
valvara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
فشاغ	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
མཁལ་ཞོ་དམར་པོ།	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Fruit and leaf		Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
seed	dried ripe seed	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 18 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Dolichos gladiatus Jacq. Collectanea 2: 276 (1789).
Canavalia ensiformis var. alba Makino in Y.Iinuma, Somoku-Dzusetsu, ed. 3, 3: 952 (1912).
Canavalia ensiformis var. gladiata (Jacq.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 55 (1898).
Canavalia gladiata f. alba (Makino) H.Ohashi J. Jap. Bot. 57: 30 (1982).
Canavalia gladiata var. alba (Makino) Hisauti J. Jap. Bot. 13: 392 (1937).
Canavalia gladiata f. erythrocarpa Taub. Mém. Soc. Bot. France 3: 140 (1906), opus utique oppr.
Canavalia gladiata var. erythrosperma Voigt Hort. Suburb. Calcutt.: 234 (1845).
Canavalia gladiata var. machaeroides DC. Prodr. 2: 404 (1825).
Canavalia incurva (Thunb.) DC. Prodr. 2: 404 (1825), nom. illeg.
Canavalia incurva Thouars J. Bot. Agric. 1: 80 (1813).
Canavalia loureiroi G.Don Gen. Hist. 2: 363 (1832).
Canavalia lunareti Carrière Rev. Hort. (Paris) 53: 236 (1881).
Canavalia machaeroides (DC.) Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 273 (1840).
Canavalia maxima Thouars J. Bot. Agric. 1: 80 (1813).
Cryptophaseolus anamensis Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 177 (1891).
Dolichos faba-indica Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 133 (1775), not validly publ.
Dolichos incurvus Thunb. in J.A.Murray (ed.), Syst. Veg. ed. 14.: 658 (1784).
Malocchia gladiata Savi Nuovo Giorn. Lett., ser. 3, 8: 116 (1824).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Canavalia gladiata	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Canavalia gladiata (Jacq.)	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Canavalia gladiata (Jacq.) DC.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020) Med. and Magical Pl. of S. Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Canavalia gladiata (Jacq.) Dc.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Canavalia gladiata Oacq.) DC.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Canavallia gladiata DC.	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Dolichos gladiatus Jacq.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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