Plant Details

Accepted name:: Grona adscendens (Sw.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi [Fabaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ahule	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
akwamfanu	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
amor seco	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007) Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009)
amor-do-campo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitão et al., 2014)
ananse nkatee	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
anyigba-zi	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
asthma herb	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
azigbe	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
beggar-lice	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
burbur	Other	Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996) Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)
bush groundnut	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
carrapichinho	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitão et al., 2014)
crawcraw plant	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
desmodium herb	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
dusa karnira	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
hard man	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007) Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
hard stick	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007) Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
le faux arachide qu'on ne mange pas	Other	Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
manback	Other	Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011)
mapindapinda	Other	Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007)
mipipingi	Other	Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
nkatenkate	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
nwomenle	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
pata de perro	Other	Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009)
payúuna	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
spider's groundnut	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
strong back	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
strongback	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
tick clover	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
tick trefoil	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
tick-clover	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
tick-trefoil	Other	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
zarzabacoa galana	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
whole plant		Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007)
entire plant		Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014)
aerial parts	dried or fresh aerial parts	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
leaf		Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009)
leaf, whole plant		Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
leaf		Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)

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

Desmodium adscendens (Sw.) DC. Prodr. 2: 332 (1825).
Desmodium ovalifolium Guill. & Perr. Fl. Seneg. Tent.: 208 (1832).
Desmodium adscendens f. glabrescens Schindl. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 21: 8 (1925).
Desmodium adscendens var. robustum B.G.Schub. Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 22: 290 (1952).
Desmodium adscendens var. trifoliastrum (Miq.) Schindl. Candollea 6: 484 (1936).
Desmodium arinense Hoehne Relat. Commiss. Linhas Telegr. Estratég. Matto Grosso Amazonas 5(8): 74 (1919).
Desmodium caespitosum (Poir.) DC. Prodr. 2: 333 (1825).
Desmodium coeruleum G.Don Gen. Hist. 2: 293 (1832).
Desmodium ellipticum Macfad. Fl. Jamaica 1: 268 (1837).
Desmodium glaucescens Miq. Linnaea 18: 549 (1844).
Desmodium obovatum Vogel Linnaea 12: 106 (1838).
Desmodium oxalidifolium Blume ex Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(1): 249 (1855), not validly publ.
Desmodium oxalidifolium G.Don Gen. Hist. 2: 294 (1832).
Desmodium racemiferum DC. Prodr. 2: 331 (1825).
Desmodium simplex G.Don Gen. Hist. 2: 294 (1832).
Desmodium thwaitesii Baker in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 2: 169 (1876).
Desmodium trifoliastrum Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(1): 248 (1855).
Desmodium vogelii Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 496 (1840), nom. superfl.
Grona adscendens var. robusta (B.G.Schub.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi J. Jap. Bot. 93: 108 (2018).
Hedysarum adscendens Sw. Prodr. Veg. Ind. Occ.: 106 (1788).
Hedysarum ascendens Lindl. Bot. Reg. 10: t. 815 (1824), orth. var.
Hedysarum caespitosum Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 6: 421 (1805).
Hedysarum lindleyi Mart. Ausw. Merkw. Pfl. 2: 25 (1830).
Meibomia adscendens (Sw.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 195 (1891).
Meibomia adscendens var. obovata (Vogel) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 195 (1891).
Meibomia racemifera (DC.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 198 (1891).
Meibomia thwaitesii (Baker) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 198 (1891).
Meibomia trifoliastra (Miq.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 198 (1891).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Desmodium adscendens	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011) Trad. Med. of Bantu, Beni & Lubero (Kasika et al., 2014)
Desmodium adscendens (Sw.) DC var. adscendens	Ghana Herbal Pharmacop. (Busia, 2007)
Desmodium adscendens (Sw.) DC.	Fijian Med. Pl. (Cambie & Ash, 1994) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Gabon׳s Med. Pl. Markets (Towns et al., 2014) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. & Pois. Pl. 1 (Padua et al., 1999) Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994) Med. Pl. Trade in Suriname (van Andel et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitão et al., 2014) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Trop. Africa (2015) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Desmodium adscendens (Sw.) Dc.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Desmodium adscendens (Sw.)DC.	Comm. Med. Pl. Harvesting, Suriname (van Andel & Havinga, 2008)
Desmodium adscendens DC.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Desmodium ovalifolium	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Desmodium ovalifolium Wall.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Grona adscendens (Sw.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2021 (WHO-UMC, 2021) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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