Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cleome viscosa L. [Cleomaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 3

Cleome viscosa var. deglabrata (Backer) B.S.Sun

Cleome viscosa var. nagarjunakondensis Sundararagh.

Cleome viscosa var. viscosa

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
adityabhakta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
antu saasive gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aria-veela	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ariavila	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arikahita	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arkabhakta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arkakanta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aryaval	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aryavela	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
asian spider flower	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
atunarivela	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bagra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bagro	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bantakalan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
barbara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhaskareshta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
brahmasuvarchala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
brède caya	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
bái huā cài	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
chòu shǐ cài	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
dog mustard	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gandunaa balli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
haladi gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
haladimaamballi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
harhuria	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
harhuriya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hulahula	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hulhul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hurhule	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
hurhur	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) Pl. Meds for Musculoskeletal Disorders, N. Pakistan (Malik et al., 2018)
huáng huā cài	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
jakhya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jakiya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jangli hurhr	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
janglihulvul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jurhureh	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaadu saasive	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaadu sasuve	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaadusassive	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaattu kadugu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanfuti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanphodi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanphuta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karnasphota	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karnaspota	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katkudagu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattu-k-katuku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattukkadugu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kookavumitie	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kukavaiminta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kukavaivinta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kukavumitie	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kukha-avalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kukhavavulu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kukhavominta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kukka-avalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kukka-vaminta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kukkavaaminta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kukkavaminta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kukkavavulu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mahmud pantai	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
maman pantai	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
maman putih	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
mandukaparni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
manduki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
martandavallabha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
methi jhar	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
naai vealai elai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
naayi bele gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
naayi saasive	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
naayisassive	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
naelavaminta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nahikuddaghu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nai kadugu	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
naikkaduku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
naivela	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
naivelai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nalvelai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nay-k-katuku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nayavaylei	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nayi-velai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nayibela	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nayikkadugu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nayivelai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
naykkatuku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nayvelai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nik-kadugu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
om-hanif	Other	Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
pasugandha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peevali thilvana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peruvelai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pili-hulhul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pisar lisyen	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
pissat de chien	Other	Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
pivli-tilvan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
piwali-tilwan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rammanissa	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
ranmanissa	Other	Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
raviprita	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ravishta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ritori	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
satyanamni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sauri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shirikaala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shunaca-barbara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shunakabarbara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
spider flower	Other	Med. Pl. of Yaegl Community, Australia. (Packer et al., 2012)
sthala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sticky cleome	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
sui bhanme	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
surasambhava	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
suryalata	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
suteja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
suvarchala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
svana-burbara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
svanabarbara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
svanaburbara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tabaquillo	Other	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)
tickweed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of Yaegl Community, Australia. (Packer et al., 2012) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tilaparni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tiloni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tilparni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tori jhar	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
vaaminta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
varada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vealai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vela	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vikranta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vinta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
wawa	Other	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
wild mustard	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
yellow cleome	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
yáng jiǎo cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
yě yóu cài	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
රම්මණිස්ස	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
白花菜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
羊角草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
臭矢菜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
野油菜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
黃花菜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
黄花菜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
黄花菜子	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Fruit, flower, leaves		Pl. Meds for Musculoskeletal Disorders, N. Pakistan (Malik et al., 2018)
Leaves, Seeds		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
whole shoot system		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Whole plant		Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
whole plant	fresh whole plant	Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014)
whole plant, leaves, seeds, roots	dry plant material	Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
leaf, seed, root		Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004)
Root, Fruit (Seed)		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 5 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Arivela viscosa (L.) Raf. Sylva Tellur.: 110 (1838).
Polanisia viscosa (L.) DC. Prodr. 1: 242 (1824).
Corynandra viscosa (L.) Cochrane & Iltis Novon 23: 24 (2014).
Polanisia viscosa var. genuina Backer Fl. Batavia: 52 (1907), not validly publ.
Sinapistrum viscosum (L.) Moench Suppl. Meth.: 83 (1802).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Arivela viscosa (L.) Raf.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Cleome vircosa L.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Cleome viscosa	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Cleome viscosa L.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Domestic Market in Herb. Med. in Benin (Quiroz et al., 2014) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. & Pois. Pl. 2 (Valkenburg et al., 1999) Med. Pl. Indian Ocean Ils. (Gurib-Fakim et al., 2004) Med. Pl. of Yaegl Community, Australia. (Packer et al., 2012) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Meds for Musculoskeletal Disorders, N. Pakistan (Malik et al., 2018) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) Trad. Aboriginal Meds in N Territory (Barr et al., 1993) Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014) Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Cleome viscosa Linn.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Cleome viscosa Linnaeus	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Cleome viscose L.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Polanisia viscosa (L.) DC.	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)
Polanisia viscosa (L.)DC.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Polanisia viscosa DC.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)

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