Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
abre-caminho	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
entire plant		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
entire plant		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 9 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Bradburya brasiliana (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 164 (1891).
Bradburya insulana (Vell.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 164 (1891).
Centrosema brasilianum var. angustifolium Amshoff Meded. Bot. Mus. Herb. Rijks Univ. Utrecht 52: 62 (1939).
Centrosema insulanum (Vell.) Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 325 (1840).
Clitoria brasiliana L. Sp. Pl.: 753 (1753).
Clitoria formosa Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 6: 417 (1824).
Clitoria insulana Vell. Fl. Flumin.: 313, t. 131 (1829).
Nauchea brasiliana (L.) J.T.Descourt. Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 4: 9 (1826).
Vexillaria brasiliana (L.) Hoffmanns. Verz. Pfl.-Kult.: 119 (1824).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Centrosema brasiliana (L.) Benth.	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
Centrosema brasilianum (L.) Benth.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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