Plant Details

Accepted name:: Desmodium incanum (Sw.) DC. [Fabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
copal de coche	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
escorpionera o zacate	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
horse leaf	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
hére anágani	Other	Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
latawira saika	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
lunzilanzila	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
manback	Other	Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011)
martín	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
mozot	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
nzila nzila	Other	Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
pega-pega	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
strong back	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
strong back (broad leaf)	Other	Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011)
talamat	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
zarzabacoa comun	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root/bush		Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011)
leaves		Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
leaf, root		Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
leaf		Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 39 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Desmodium canum (J.F.Gmel.) Schinz & Thell. Mém. Soc. Sci. Nat. Neuchâtel 5: 371 (1913).
Desmodium mauritianum (Willd.) DC. Prodr. 2: 334 (1825).
Aeschynomene incana (Sw.) G.Mey. Prim. Fl. Esseq.: 245 (1818).
Aeschynomene spicata Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 4: 452 (1798).
Desmodium ancistrocarpum (Ledeb.) DC. Prodr. 2: 331 (1825).
Desmodium diversifolium (Poir.) DC. Prodr. 2: 334 (1825).
Desmodium diversifolium Schltdl. Linnaea 12: 313 (1838), nom. illeg.
Desmodium frutescens Schindl. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 21: 9 (1925).
Desmodium incanum f. minor Chodat & Hassl. Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 4: 891 (1904).
Desmodium incanum f. obovatifolium Wawra Flora 47: 245 (1864).
Desmodium incanum var. supinum (DC.) Hook. & Arn. Bot. Beechey Voy.: 417 (1840).
Desmodium lindleyi Mart. Ausw. Merkw. Pfl.: t. 17 (1831).
Desmodium portoricense (Spreng.) G.Don Gen. Hist. 2: 294 (1832).
Desmodium sparsiflorum G.Don Gen. Hist. 2: 294 (1832).
Desmodium supinum DC. Prodr. 2: 332 (1825).
Desmodium tenue G.Don Gen. Hist. 2: 294 (1832).
Desmodium variifolium Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 496 (1840).
Hedysarum ancistrocarpum Ledeb. Index Seminum (TU, Dorpatensis) 1823(Suppl.): 4 (1823).
Hedysarum canescens Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 7 (1768), nom. illeg.
Hedysarum canum J.F.Gmel. Syst. Nat., ed. 13[bis].: 1124 (1792).
Hedysarum conjunctum Weinm. Syll. Pl. Nov. 2: 175 (1828).
Hedysarum diversifolium Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 6: 403 (1805).
Hedysarum incanum Sw. Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 107 (1788), nom. cons.
Hedysarum madagascariense Desv. Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 4: 322 (1826).
Hedysarum mauritianum Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 3: 1185 (1803), nom. rej.
Hedysarum portoricense Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 3: 314 (1826).
Hedysarum racemosum Aubl. Hist. Pl. Guiane 2: 774 (1775).
Hedysarum supinum Sw. Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 106 (1788), nom. illeg.
Heteroloma supinum Desv. ex Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 6: 409 (1824), pro syn.
Meibomia adscendens var. incana (Sw.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 195 (1891).
Meibomia cana (J.F.Gmel.) S.F.Blake Bot. Gaz. 78: 276 (1924).
Meibomia diversifolia (Poir.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 198 (1891).
Meibomia incana Lindm. Bih. Kongl. Svenska Vetensk.-Akad. Handl. 24(3; 7): 9 (1898), nom. illeg.
Meibomia incana (Sw.) Vail Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 19: 118 (1892).
Meibomia mauritiana (Willd.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 198 (1891).
Meibomia ovalis Rusby Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 7: 264 (1927).
Meibomia supina (DC.) Britton Ann. New York Acad. Sci. 7: 83 (1892).
Meibomia variifolia (Steud.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 197 (1891).
Pleurolobus spicatus (Poir.) J.St.-Hil. Nouv. Bull. Sci. Soc. Philom. Paris 3: 192 (1812).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Desmodium canum	Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011)
Desmodium canum (J.F. Gmel.) Schinz & Thell.	Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)
Desmodium canum (J.F.Grael.) Schinz et Thell.	Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
Desmodium canum (JF Gmel.) Schinz. & Thell.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Desmodium incanum	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020) Useful Pl. of Kongo C Province, Vol 1-2 (Latham & ku Mbuta, 2017)
Desmodium incanum (Sw.) DC.	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Desmodium incanum DC.	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Desmodium incanum DC. var. incanum	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
Desmodium mauritianum DC.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)

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