Plant Details

Accepted name:: Vigna unguiculata subsp. unguiculata [Fabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp.
Infraspecies:: 12

Vigna unguiculata subsp. aduensis Pasquet

Vigna unguiculata subsp. alba (G.Don) Pasquet

Vigna unguiculata subsp. baoulensis (A.Chev.) Pasquet

Vigna unguiculata subsp. burundiensis Pasquet

Vigna unguiculata subsp. dekindtiana (Harms) Verdc.

Vigna unguiculata subsp. letouzeyi Pasquet

Vigna unguiculata subsp. mensensis (Schweinf.) Verdc.

Vigna unguiculata subsp. pawekiae Pasquet

Vigna unguiculata subsp. stenophylla (Harv.) Maréchal, Mascherpa & Stainier

Vigna unguiculata subsp. tenuis (E.Mey.) Maréchal, Mascherpa & Stainier

Vigna unguiculata subsp. pubescens (R.Wilczek) Pasquet

Vigna unguiculata subsp. sesquipedalis (L.) Verdc.

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
akar kachang panjang	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ala-sandi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alasabde	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alasandalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alasande	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alasandi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alasandige	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alasandra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alasandrah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alasendi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alasunda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alasundi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alsandi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alu-sundi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alusundi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
black-eyed pea	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
boberlu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bobra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bora	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bái dòu	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bái mù dòu	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
capala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
caramunnipayira	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
caramunny-pyre	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
catjang cowpea	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cavala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chaoli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chapala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chavala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chavali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chavli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chawali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chelaavare	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chola	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chowli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cow pea	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
cowpea	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
dirghabija	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dirghashimbi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
duntu-pesulu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
duntuppesalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dvijasapta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
frijol de carita	Other	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
fàn dòu	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
halasande	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaaraamani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaaraamanulu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaattu ulundu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kacang perut ayam	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kacang putih	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kachang belut	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kachang chemara	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kachang dadap	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kachang landes	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kachang merah	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kachang panjang	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kachang perut ayam	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kachang puteh	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kachang tauge	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kachang tunggak	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kadagani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karamani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kshudhabhijanaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kulath	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kulathi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kulattha	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
kursana pairu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kursandi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kursanpayaro	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
li -me	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
lobia	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lobiya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
long bean	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
lota	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mahamasa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mahamasah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mahamasha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
marutkara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mekaral	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
méi dòu	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
nil me	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
nilamasha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nishpava	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nripamasha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nripochita	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
payarrankay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ra dza sa ste (d)	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ra dza sa ta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
raish	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rajamasah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rajamasha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rausa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rawas	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rianish	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rishpava	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sitamasha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
soonth	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
souta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sukumara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tadagani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tadagunny	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thattapayir	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
varvata	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
‫لوبياء‬	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
白目豆	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
白豆	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
眉豆	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
豇豆	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
饭豆	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Flowers, Leaves, Peduncles, Roots, Seeds		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
leaves		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 44 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Dolichos catjang Burm.f. Fl. Indica: 161 (1768).
Dolichos catjang L. Mant. Pl. 2: 259 (1771), nom. illeg.
Dolichos melanophthalmus DC. Prodr. 2: 400 (1825).
Dolichos sinensis L. Cent. Pl. II: 28 (1756).
Phaseolus cylindricus L. Amoen. Acad. 4: 132 (1759).
Vigna catjang (Burm.f.) Walp. Linnaea 13: 533 (1840).
Vigna cylindrica (L.) Skeels Bull. Bur. Pl. Industr. U.S.D.A. 282: 32 (1913).
Vigna sinensis (L.) Savi ex Hassk. Cat. Hort. Bot. Bogor. Alt.: 279 (1844).
Vigna unguiculata subsp. cylindrica (L.) Verdc. Kew Bull. 24: 544 (1970).
Vigna unguiculata var. cylindrica (L.) H.Ohashi Fl. E. Himal., 3rd. Rep.: 71 (1975).
Dolichos capitatus Wall. Numer. List: n.° 5549 (1831).
Dolichos cylindricus Moench Suppl. Meth.: 48 (1802).
Dolichos echinatulus Blanco Fl. Filip., ed. 2.: 401 (1845).
Dolichos hastatus Lour. Fl. Cochinch.: 442 (1790).
Dolichos hastifolius Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 4: 27 (1812).
Dolichos hastifolius Schnizl. Flora 25(1 Beibl.): 146 (1842).
Dolichos leucomelas Kunze Index Seminum (LZ, Lipsiensis) 1842: [2] (1842).
Dolichos lubia Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 133 (1775).
Dolichos monachalis Brot. Fl. Lusit. 2: 125 (1804).
Dolichos obliquifolius Schnizl. Flora 25(1 Beibl.): 145 (1842).
Dolichos sesquipedalis Blanco Fl. Filip., ed. 2.: 402 (1845), sensu auct.
Dolichos sinensis var. ater Hassk. Flora 25(2, Beibl. 1): 50 (1842).
Dolichos sinensis var. elongatus Hassk. Flora 25(2, Beibl. 1): 50 (1842).
Dolichos sinensis var. maculatus Hassk. Flora 25(2, Beibl. 1): 50 (1842).
Dolichos sinensis var. rubiginosus Hassk. Flora 25(2, Beibl. 1): 50 (1842).
Dolichos sphaerospermus (L.) DC. Prodr. 2: 400 (1825).
Dolichos subracemosus Jacq. Select. Stirp. Amer. Hist.: 205 (1780).
Dolichos tranquebaricus Jacq. Hort. Bot. Vindob. 3: 39 (1777).
Liebrechtsia scabra De Wild. Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., sér. 4, 1: 75 (1902).
Phaseolus ellipticus Schur Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 177 (1866), nom. illeg.
Phaseolus sphaerospermus L. Sp. Pl., ed. 2.: 1018 (1763).
Scytalis catjang (Burm.f.) E.Mey. Comm. Pl. Afr. Austr.: 145 (1836).
Vigna hastata Blume ex Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(1): 187 (1855).
Vigna monachalis Endl. ex Hassk. Cat. Hort. Bot. Bogor. Alt.: 279 (1844).
Vigna scabra (De Wild.) De Wild. ex T.Durand & H.Durand Syll. Fl. Congol.: 152 (1909), nom. illeg.
Vigna scabrida Burtt Davy Man. Pl. Transvaal 2: 421 (1932).
Vigna sinensis var. catjang (Burm.f.) Chiov. Ann. Bot. (Rome) 8: 438 (1908).
Vigna sinensis subsp. cylindrica (L.) Van Eselt. Veg. New York 1(2): 11 (1931).
Vigna sinensis var. spontanea Schweinf. Bull. Herb. Boissier 4(App. 2): 260 (1896).
Vigna tranquebarica D.Dietr. Syn. Plant. 4: 1198 (1846).
Vigna unguiculata subsp. catjang (Burm.f.) Chiov. Racc. Bot.: 35 (1935).
Vigna unguiculata var. catjang (Burm.f.) Bertoni Anales Ci. Parag. 9: 19 (1911).
Vigna unguiculata var. spontanea (Schweinf.) Pasquet Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 62: 155 (1993).
Vigna unguiculata subsp. taiwanianus S.S.Ying New Taxa New Names 3: 134 (2022).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Dolichos catiang L.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Dolichos catjang Burm. f.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Dolichos catjang L.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Dolichos melanophtalmos DC.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Dolichos sinensis L.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Phaseolus cylindraceus	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Phaseolus cylindricus L.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Vigna Catjang	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Vigna catiang Walp.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Vigna catjang	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Vigna catjang (Burm.f.) Walp.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Vigna cylindrica (L.) Skeels	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Vigna cylindrica Skeels.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Vigna cylindrical	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Vigna sinensis	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Vigna sinensis (L.) Sav.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Vigna sinensis (L.) Savi	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Vigna sinensis (L.)Savi	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
Vigna sinensis (L.)Savi ex Hassk.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Vigna sinensis L.	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
Vigna sinensis Savi.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. subsp. cylindrica (L.) Van Eselt. ex Verdc.	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Vigna unguiculata (L.) Walp. subsp. cylindrica (L.) Verdc.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Vigna unguiculata (L.)Walp. unguiculata	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Vigna unguiculata Walp. var. cylindrica (L.) Ohashi	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Vigna unguiculata ssp. Cylindrica	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Vigna unguiculata subsp. cylindrica (L.) Verdc.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

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