Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cleome viscosa var. viscosa [Cleomaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Cleome viscosa L.
Infraspecies:: 2

Cleome viscosa var. deglabrata (Backer) B.S.Sun

Cleome viscosa var. nagarjunakondensis Sundararagh.

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aadityabhakta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
arkakanta	Other	Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003)
arkkakantam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
atikantam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
culapinka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cullivekacceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hulhul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
hurhur	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003)
kantanam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kantaputiyam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattavankam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattu-kadugu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kemaman	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kentaputi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kentaputiyam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kentumuricceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kentumuriyam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ketepeng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kevviyacceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kevviyam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kolincini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kolincinicceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kolunci	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
koluncippuntu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
korukkaccicceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mahmud pantai	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
maman	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
maman jerok	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
maman pantai	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
maman puteh	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
maruti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mutiyam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nai-kadupu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nakkatuku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nalla-velai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nallavetaikkani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nalvellai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
nattaccarimuli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nay-velai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nayikkadugu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
naykkatipokki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nayvempu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
panwaar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
panwar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
parikopattam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peru-velai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peruvelai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pinicampokki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pinicampokkicceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pirappar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pirappari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
puti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
putitacceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
putitam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
putpacam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sinnakurinji	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
taivayali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
taivayalicceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tilaparni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
valalakaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vetaikkanipputu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
virutuntankam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
wild mustard	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaves, seeds		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
seed, leaves, bark, root, aerial parts		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 9 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cleome icosandra L. Sp. Pl.: 672 (1753).
Polanisia icosandra (L.) Wight & Arn. Prodr. Fl. Ind. Orient. 1: 22 (1834).
Cleome acutifolia Elmer Leafl. Philipp. Bot. 7: 2574 (1915).
Cleome viscosa var. parviflora Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 38 (1891).
Polanisia icosandra f. deglabrata Backer in C.A.Backer & R.C.Bakhuizen van der Brink, Fl. Java: t. 4A, 5 (1942).
Polanisia microphylla Eichler in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 13(1): 263 (1871).
Polanisia orthocarpa Hochst. ex Webb Fragm. Fl. Aethiop.-Aegypt.: 23 (1854).
Polanisia viscosa var. icosandra (L.) Schweinf. ex Oliv. Fl. Trop. Afr. 1: 80 (1868).
Polanisia viscosa var. speciosa Domin Biblioth. Bot. 22(89): 684 (1926).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cleom icosandra	Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003)
Cleome icosandra	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Cleome icosandra L.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Cleome icosandra Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Polanisia icosandra (L.) Wight & Arn.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Polanisia icosandra Wight & Arn.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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