Plant Details

Accepted name:: Sunhangia elegans (DC.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi [Fabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 3

Sunhangia elegans var. elegans

Sunhangia elegans var. handelii (Schindl.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi

Sunhangia elegans var. nutans (Graham) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bakhre ghans	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
chamkat	Other	Pl. for Snake and Scorpion Bite in N Pakistan (Butt et al., 2015)
chamra	Other	Med. Pl. for Respiratory Disorders in Abbottabad (Kayani et al., 2014)
chumlya	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
kathi	Other	Ethnomed. Pl. of Chamba district, India (Rani et al., 2013)
rato bakhre ghans	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
sadan	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
sambar	Other	Pl. for Snake and Scorpion Bite in N Pakistan (Butt et al., 2015)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Roots, Leaves		Med. Pl. for Respiratory Disorders in Abbottabad (Kayani et al., 2014)
Roots		Pl. for Snake and Scorpion Bite in N Pakistan (Butt et al., 2015)
roots	juice of the root	Ethnomed. Pl. of Chamba district, India (Rani et al., 2013)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Desmodium elegans DC. Ann. Sci. Nat. (Paris) 4: 100 (1825).
Ototropis elegans (DC.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi J. Jap. Bot. 87: 112 (2012).
Meibomia elegans (DC.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 198 (1891).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Desmodium elegans DC.	Ethnomed. Pl. of Chamba district, India (Rani et al., 2013) Med. Pl. for Respiratory Disorders in Abbottabad (Kayani et al., 2014) Pl. for Snake and Scorpion Bite in N Pakistan (Butt et al., 2015) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Desmodium elegans de Candolle	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Ototropis elegans (DC.) H.Ohashi & K.Ohashi	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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