Plant Details

Accepted name:: Dichrostachys cinerea subsp. africana Brenan & Brummitt [Fabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Dichrostachys cinerea (L.) Wight & Arn.
Infraspecies:: 17

Dichrostachys cinerea subsp. argillicola Brenan & Brummitt

Dichrostachys cinerea subsp. burmana Brenan & Brummitt

Dichrostachys cinerea subsp. cinerea

Dichrostachys cinerea subsp. forbesii (Benth.) Brenan & Brummitt

Dichrostachys cinerea var. hirtipes Brenan & Brummitt

Dichrostachys cinerea var. indica Brenan & Brummitt

Dichrostachys cinerea var. karamojensis Brenan & Brummitt

Dichrostachys cinerea subsp. keniensis Brenan & Brummitt

Dichrostachys cinerea var. lugardiae (N.E.Br.) Brenan & Brummitt

Dichrostachys cinerea subsp. malesiana Brenan & Brummitt

Dichrostachys cinerea var. occidentalis Brenan & Brummitt

Dichrostachys cinerea var. paucijuga Miq.

Dichrostachys cinerea var. pubescens Brenan & Brummitt

Dichrostachys cinerea var. setulosa (Welw. ex Oliv.) Brenan & Brummitt

Dichrostachys cinerea var. tanganyikensis Brenan & Brummitt

Dichrostachys cinerea subsp. nyassana (Taub.) Brenan

Dichrostachys cinerea subsp. platycarpa (Welw. ex W.Bull) Brenan & Brummitt

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
柏勒儿茶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 28 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cailliea glomerata (Forssk.) J.F.Macbr. Contr. Gray Herb. 59: 16 (1919).
Dichrostachys glomerata (Forssk.) Chiov. Ann. Bot. (Rome) 13: 409 (1915).
Dichrostachys nutans (Pers.) Benth. J. Bot. (Hooker) 4: 353 (1841).
Mimosa glomerata Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 177 (1775).
Mimosa nutans Pers. Syn. Pl. 2: 266 (1806).
Acacia adenostylis Fenzl Flora 27: 312 (1844).
Acacia engleri Schinz Mém. Herb. Boissier 1: 107 (1893).
Acacia spinosa E.Mey. Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr.: 170 (1836).
Cailliea dichrostachys Guill. & Perr. Fl. Seneg. Tent.: 240 (1833).
Cailliea nutans (Pers.) Skeels Bull. Bur. Pl. Industr. U.S.D.A. 248: 61 (1912).
Desmanthus callistachys DC. Prodr. 2: 445 (1825).
Desmanthus divergens Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 4: 1048 (1806).
Desmanthus glomeratus (Forssk.) Lag. Elench. Pl.: 6 (1816).
Desmanthus leptostachys DC. Mém. Légum.: 443 (1827).
Desmanthus nutans (Pers.) DC. Prodr. 2: 446 (1825).
Desmanthus trichostachyus DC. Mém. Légum.: 444 (1827).
Dichrostachys arborea N.E.Br. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1909: 106 (1909).
Dichrostachys caffra Meisn. ex Benth. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 30: 382 (1875).
Dichrostachys callistachys (DC.) Hassk. Pl. Jav. Rar.: 415 (1848).
Dichrostachys cinerea var. africana Brenan & Brummitt Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2, 39: 77 (1965).
Dichrostachys cinerea var. plurijuga Brenan & Brummitt Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2, 39: 89 (1965).
Dichrostachys glomerata var. grandifolia (Lanza) Baker f. Legum. Trop. Africa: 808 (1930).
Dichrostachys nutans var. grandifolia Lanza Boll. Reale Orto Bot. Palermo 8: 106 (1909).
Mimosa bicolor Bacle ex DC. Prodr. 2: 445 (1825), not validly publ.
Mimosa divergens Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 1: 59 (1810).
Mimosa sanguinea Bruce Select Spec. Nat. Hist., ed. 2, 7: 148 (1804).
Mimosa varia Perr. ex DC. Prodr. 2: 445 (1825).
Piptadenia stenadenia Griseb. Cat. Pl. Cub.: 81 (1866).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cailliea glomerata (Forssk.)J.F.Macbr.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Dichirostachys glomerata (Forsk) Chiov.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Dichrostachys cinerea (L.) Wight & Arn. subsp. africana	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Dichrostachys cinerea (L.) Wight & Arn. subsp. africana Brenan & Brummitt	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002)
Dichrostachys cinerea (L.) Wight & Arn. subsp. africana Brenan & Brummitt var. africana	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002)
Dichrostachys glomerata (Forsk) Chiov	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Dichrostachys glomerata (Forssk.) Chiov.	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Dichrostachys glomerata (Forssk.)Chiov.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Dichrostachys nutans (Pers.)Benth.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Mimosa glomerata Forssk.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Mimosa nutans Pers.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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