Plant Details

Accepted name:: Bouffordia dichotoma (Willd.) H.Ohashi & K.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:
asud	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 10 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Desmodium dichotomum (Willd.) DC. Prodr. 2: 336 (1825).
Desmodium amplexicaule Zoll. & Moritzi Natuur- Geneesk. Arch. Ned.-Indië 3: 77 (1846).
Desmodium diffusum (Willd.) DC. Prodr. 2: 336 (1825), nom. illeg.
Desmodium quinquangulatum (Roxb.) G.Don Gen. Hist. 2: 298 (1832).
Desmodium sennaarense Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop.: 8 (1867).
Desmodium willdenowii G.Don Gen. Hist. 2: 296 (1832).
Hedysarum dichotomum Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 3: 1180 (1803).
Hedysarum diffusum Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 3: 1180 (1803).
Hedysarum quinquangulatum Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 3: 355 (1832).
Meibomia sennaarensis (Schweinf.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 198 (1891).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Bouffordia dichotoma (Willd.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Desmodium dichotomum (Willd.) DC.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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