Plant Details

Accepted name:: Clitoria mariana L. [Fabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 3

Clitoria mariana var. mariana

Clitoria mariana var. orientalis Fantz

Clitoria mariana var. pubescentia Fantz

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
atlantic pigeonwings	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
mahasveta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
大山豆	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 4 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Martiusia mariana (L.) Small Man. S.E. Fl.: 722 (1933).
Nauchea mariana (L.) J.T.Descourt. Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 4: 9 (1826).
Ternatea mariana (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 210 (1891).
Vexillaria mariana (L.) Eaton Man. Bot.: 83 (1817).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Clitoria mariana L.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) 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)

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