Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
attittekki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
attittekkicceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bakuchi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bavachi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
calcutta-lucerne	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cetiyavarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chavli-kai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chavuli kaayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chitki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cinikkottavarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ciniyavarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cirucevikacceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cirukottavarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cluster bean	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
cluster-bean	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cukkumi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cukkumiyavarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cyamopse à quatre ailes	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cyamopsidis seminis pulvis	Pharmaceutical	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
cyamopsis	Other	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
dridhabija	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ganwar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gaur	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gavaara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gavaara kaayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gavari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gawar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
gomme guar	Other	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
goraksaphalini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gorakshaphalini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
gorani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gorchikkudu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gori kaayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gorikaayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
goru chikkudu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
goruchikkudu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
govaai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
govar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
govardhana kaayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gowar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gua er dou	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
guaar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
guaar phali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
guar	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
guar galactomannan	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
guar galactomannanum	Pharmaceutical	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
guar gum	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018) Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
guar-bean	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
guarböna	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
guvaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
guvar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
guvarkai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
guwar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gwaalin	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
gwar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
hab qilqil	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hab-ul-qilqil	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
javali kaayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalacakacceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalacakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kancanamalitacceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kancanamalitam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kavalikacceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kavalikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kotaranga	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
kothavarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kothaveray	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kottamara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kottavara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kottavarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kshudra shimbi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
ksudrasimbi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
midki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nalakuka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nalakukavavarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nilakikkottavarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nishandyaghni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
siam-bean	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sushaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tidki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vakrashimbi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
කෝතරංග	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
seed		British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
seeds	gum	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
endosperm	flour obtained by grinding the endosperms of seeds	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
Fruits, Seeds		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
gum		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
gum		WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
endosperms		Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018)
seeds		U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020)
seed	ground endosperm	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
seed	gum	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
endosperm	gum	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008)
seed	ground up seeds	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
seed	Guar is obtained by grinding the endosperms of seeds	European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
seed	ground endosperms	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 11 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cyamopsis psoraloides (Lam.) DC. Prodr. 2: 216 (1825).
Psoralea tetragonoloba L. Mant. Pl.: 104 (1767).
Cordaea fabiformis Spreng. Gen. Pl., ed. 9. 2: 581 (1831).
Dolichos fabiformis L'Hér. Stirp. Nov.: 163 (1791).
Dolichos psoraloides Lam. Encycl. 2: 300 (1786).
Indigofera tetragonoloba Steud. Nomencl. Bot. 1: 431 (1821), pro syn.
Lupinus guadiloupensis Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 78 (1841), not validly publ.
Lupinus guatimalensis Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 78 (1841), not validly publ.
Lupinus trifoliatus Cav. Icon. 1: 43 (1791).
Trigonella goalia Buch.-Ham. ex Wall. Numer. List: n.° 5920 C (1831), not validly publ.
Trigonella tetrapetala Roxb. ex Wight & Arn. Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 197 (1834).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cyamopsis psoralioides	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Cyamopsis psoralioides (Lam.) DC.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Cyamopsis psoralioides DC.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Cyamopsis tetragonoloba	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (L.) Taub.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2022 (WHO-UMC, 2022) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (L.) Taubert	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (L.)Taub.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Cyamopsis tetragonoloba (Linn.) Taub.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Cyamopsis tetragonoloba Taub.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Cyamopsis tetragonolobus	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Cyamopsis tetragonolobus (L.) DC.	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018)
Cyamopsis tetragonolobus (L.) Taub	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
Cyamopsis tetragonolobus (L.) Taub.	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020)
Cyamopsis tetragonolobus (L.) Traub.	British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
Cyamopsis tetragonolobus (Linné) Taub.	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013)
Cyamopsis tetragonolobus L.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Cyamopsis tetragonolobus Traub.	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Cyanopsis tetragonalba Taubert	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Cyanopsis tetragonolobus (L.) Taub.	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
Psoralea tetragonoloba L.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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