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)
bái fèng dòu	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bái fèng dòu gēn	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
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)
dāo dòu	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
foshāq	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
ghevdo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
habas	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
jack bean	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kacang parang	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kacang polong	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kachang hantu	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kachang parang	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kachang polong	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kara pedang	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
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)
lì dāo dòu	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
mahasimbi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mkhal zho dmar po	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
pois sabre	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
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) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sword-bean	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
thamma kaaya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thua-phra	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
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)
wonder bean	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
xié jiàn dòu	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
yáng dāo dāo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
فشاغ	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
མཁལ་ཞོ་དམར་པོ།	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
刀豆	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
挟剑豆	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
洋刀刀	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
白凤豆	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
白凤豆根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
立刀豆	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Fruit and leaf		Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
leaves, pink seeds, seed		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
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	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Canavalia gladiata (Jacq.)	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (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) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Canavalia gladiata (Jacq.) Dc.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Canavalia gladiata DC.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Canavalia gladiata Oacq.) DC.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Canavallia gladiata DC.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Dolichos gladiatus Jacq.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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