Plant Details

Accepted name:: Abrus melanospermus subsp. melanospermus [Fabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Abrus melanospermus Hassk.
Infraspecies:: 2

Abrus melanospermus subsp. suffruticosus (Boutique) D.K.Harder

Abrus melanospermus subsp. tenuiflorus (Spruce ex Benth.) D.K.Harder

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
abri herba	Pharmaceutical	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
abrus	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
akar belimbing	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
akar kacang inai	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
canton love-pea vine	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
daun sambang	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
gaunchi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
guangdong xiangsizi	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
herba abri	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
ji gu cao	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
ji gu tsao	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
jigucao	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
karanjika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rajawerdi	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
rojowerdi	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
saga negri	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sembelit jalan	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
vellakundumani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
广州相思子	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
雞骨草	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
鸡骨草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
herb	dried herb	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
Whole plant		Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
herb with fruit pod removed	dried herb with fruit pod removed	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
root, leaves		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
herb	dried herb	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
whole plant		Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 8 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Abrus cantoniensis Hance J. Bot. 6: 112 (1868).
Abrus mollis Hance J. Bot. 9: 430 (1871).
Abrus pulchellus Wall. ex Voigt Hort. Suburb. Calcutt.: 228 (1845).
Abrus pulchellus subsp. cantoniensis (Hance) Verdc. Kew Bull. 24: 248 (1970).
Abrus cantoniensis var. hossei Craib Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1911: 39 (1911).
Abrus pulchellus subsp. mollis (Hance) Verdc. Kew Bull. 24: 248 (1970).
Abrus pulchellus f. typicus Backer in C.A.Backer & R.C.Bakhuizen van der Brink, Fl. Java: 354 (1911), not validly publ.
Hulthemia javanica Blume Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(1): 160 (1855).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Abrus Cantoniensis Hance	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Abrus cantoniensis	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Abrus cantoniensis Hance	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Abrus mollis Hance	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Abrus pruchallus Wall.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Abrus pulchellus Thwaites	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Abrus pulchellus Wall.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Abrus pulchellus Wall. ex Thwaites	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Abrus pulchellus Welwitsch.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Abrus pulchellus subsp. cantoniensis (Hance) Verdc.	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

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