Plant Details

Accepted name:

Canavalia cathartica Thouars [Fabaceae]

Source of taxonomy and confidence:

World Checklist: unpublished records ( )

Information about this plant:

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Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
abai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
adavi chemma	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
adavithamma	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jangli-sem	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaadavare	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaadu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaadu avare balli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaaranuputhige	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaaru chamma	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaaruthamma	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kadsambol	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ran abhay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thamate balli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thamateballi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 11 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

synonym
Canavalia microcarpa (DC.) Piper Proc. Biol. Soc. Washington 30: 176 (1917).
Canavalia turgida Graham ex Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(1): 215 (1855).
Canavalia virosa (Roxb.) Wight & Arn. in R.Wight, Cat. Ind. Pl.: 44 (1833).
Canavalia bouquetii Montrouz. Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Lyon, Sect. Sci., sér. 2, 10: 197 (1860).
Canavalia ensiformis var. turgida (Graham ex Miq.) Baker in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 2: 196 (1876).
Canavalia ensiformis var. virosa (Roxb.) Baker in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 2: 196 (1876).
Canavalia obtusifolia var. insularis Ridl. J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 45: 137 (1906).
Canavalia polystachya Schweinf. Reliq. Kotschy.: 25 (1868).
Canavalia virosa Náves ex Fern.-Vill. in F.M.Blanco, Fl. Filip., ed. 3, 4(13A): 64 (1880), nom. illeg.
Dolichos virosus Roxb. Hort. Bengal.: 55 (1814).
Lablab microcarpus DC. Prodr. 2: 402 (1825).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Canavalia cathartica Thouars	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Canavalia microcarpa (DC.) Merr.	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Canavalia turgida Grah ex Gray.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Canavalia virosa (Roxb.) Wight & Arn.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Canavalia virosa Wight et Arnott	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Canavallia microcarpa Piper.	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Canavallia turgida Grab.	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Canavallia virosa	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)

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