Plant Details

Accepted name:: Codariocalyx motorius (Houtt.) H.Ohashi [Fabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aelemudure	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chanchala	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
dudli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
naagathagare	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nagar gare	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nagatagare	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nagatakari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pranajeewa	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
telegraph gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
telegraph planta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thozhuganni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
touganni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
චංචලා	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
ප්‍රාණජීව	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
舞草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 13 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Codariocalyx gyrans (L.f.) Hassk. Flora 25(2, Beibl. 1): 49 (1842).
Desmodium gyrans (L.f.) DC. Prodr. 2: 326 (1825).
Desmodium motorium (Houtt.) Merr. J. Arnold Arbor. 19: 345 (1938).
Hedysarum gyrans L.f. Suppl. Pl.: 332 (1782).
Codariocalyx gyrans var. roylei (Wight & Arn.) Schindl. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 20: 281 (1924).
Codariocalyx motorius var. glaber X.Y.Zhu & Y.F.Du Legumes China: 634 (2007).
Codariocalyx motorius var. roylei (Wight & Arn.) Ohashi J. Jap. Bot. 40: 368 (1965).
Desmodium gyrans var. roylei (Wight & Arn.) Baker in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 2: 175 (1876).
Desmodium roylei Wight & Arn. Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 227 (1834).
Hedysarum motorium Houtt. Nat. Hist. 2(10): 246 (1779).
Hedysarum saliens Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 341 (1796).
Meibomia gyrans (L.f.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 196 (1891).
Pseudarthria gyrans (L.f.) Hassk. Tijdschr. Natuurl. Gesch. Physiol. 11: 104 (1844).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Codariocalyx gyrans (L.) Hassk.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Codariocalyx motorius	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Codariocalyx motorius (Houtt.) H.Ohashi	Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Codariocalyx motorius (Houttuyn) H. Ohashi	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Desmodium gyrans (L.) DC.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Desmodium gyrans (L.f.) DC.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Desmodium gyrans DC.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Desmodium motorium (Houtt.) Merr.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Desmodium motorium Merr.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Hedysarum gyrans L.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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