Plant Details

Accepted name:

Cleome gynandra L. [Cleomaceae]

Source of taxonomy and confidence:

World Checklist: unpublished records ( )

Information about this plant:

Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
!hunihai.b	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
!khauro.b	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
?hobo?hobo	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
a-dza-ga-ndha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
acakanta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
acakantacceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
acakantam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
acakantar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
acakanti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
acanrika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
acaya	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
african cabbage	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
african spider flower	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
african spider-flower	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
ajagandha	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ajagandhā (seed)	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
ajigandha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
akeyo	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
akio	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
alot-dek	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
amazonde	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
anasorisa	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
anasorisia	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
apiramimuli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arkahuli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arkapushpi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arkapushpika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arkkaputpikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arttacantirakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
atunari vela	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
avigandha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ayirapatam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bangara	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
barbaragandha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
barbaraka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bastagandha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bastard mustard	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
bastard-mustard	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
bekeila-ki-dakhan	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
bhatvan	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
bhutmulla	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
bienenblume	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
bodhayika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
borothwe	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
brahmi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bramhagrabha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bugra	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
camukavalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
camukavalaicceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
camulavam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
camuppavam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cara-veela	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
caravella	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
caruvalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
caruvelai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
caruvelaicceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
carvalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
carvella	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cat whiskers	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cat's whiskers	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cat's-whiskers	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
cattai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cattiravacceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cattiravan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chiisaka (plural)	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
chinsaga	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
choraka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
churota	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cippatimuli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cippativelacicceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
curacapirutam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
curacu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
curucavarttam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
deg-akeyo	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
dek	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
dhavi-tiloni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhelitalavan	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
dog mustard	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
ecadoi	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
echaboi	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
ekurukaze	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
esaka	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
feuilles caya	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
fingerkraut	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
fingerspinat	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
gandi buti	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
gasiyaabu	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
goma/horob	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
gomabeb	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
hulhul	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Pl. Meds for Musculoskeletal Disorders, N. Pakistan (Malik et al., 2018)
hurhur	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hurhur-ka-per	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hurhuria	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
inheemse kool	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
isagek	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
isagek (plural)	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
isakiat	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
isakyat	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
isogi	Other	Med. Pl. Rwanda (Boily et al., 1986)
ithea-utuku	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
jakhiya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jibiri	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
jirri	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
kabari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kadugu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kafir cabbage	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
kalvana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kananvelai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanavelai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanavelaicceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanphodi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kara-vela	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karaila	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karalia	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
karavela	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karelmet	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
karnasphota	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karnaspota	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karvela	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattu kadugu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katuvu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kavalaicceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kavalia	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kavelai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kavilaicceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kavilay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaykantitam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kayvelai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kayvelaicceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kharapushpa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kiloni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kinaski muskuari	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
kirikaala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kisakiat	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
kotimatalatti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kpawum	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
lalhulhul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lasaitet	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
lemba-e-nabo	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
lerotho	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
lerotu	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
lisaka	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
lude	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
luni	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
maamballi gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mabli	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mankali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mantu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mgagani	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mhoti tilavana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mkabili	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
motithiavan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
motitilavan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mouzambi	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
mozambé	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
muanga	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mukakai	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
munyugunyugu	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
murudi	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
murutivi	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mutete	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mwaanzo	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mwangani	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mwianzo	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
naarumbele	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nai-velai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
naibor-lukunya	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
naivela	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
naivelai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nal valai	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
nal velai	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nallavelai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nalvelai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
naram bele soppu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
nasege	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
nayeetulasi	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
nayvelai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nonsele	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
nyeve	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
oljani-lool-tatwa	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
olmuateni	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
ombidi	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
omboga	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
ombowa	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
ombowa yozongombe	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
ombowayozondu	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
omdidi	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
omutete	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
oorpeultjie	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
oorpynpeultjie	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
palaiyamvivitam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
palmbossie	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
pandari-tilvan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pandhari-tilwan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pandharithilavan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pandharitilavan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pandhri-tilvan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pantumai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
parhar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
parpari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
parparicceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pasugandha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paśugandhā	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
piranalvelai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
porramaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
puncari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
puncaricceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
putigandha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
putimayurika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ridhi	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
rotho	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
rothwe	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
runhi	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
runi	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
rusperbossie	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
sabai	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
sachan	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
safed bagro	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
safed hulhul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
safed-bagra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
safedhulhul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
saka	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
sake	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
sakiantet	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
seta kanta arak	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
seta kata arak	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
shirikaala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shreekala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shrikala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shulte	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
sirikala gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
snotterbelletjie	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
sooryaavartha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sooryavarta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
spider flower	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
spider herb	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
spider plant	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
spider whisp	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
spider wisp	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
spider-wisp	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
spiderflower	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
spiderplant	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
sugandhika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
suriya	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
suriyo	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
surjavarta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
suroyo	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
suryavarta	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
svetahulahula	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tai-vela	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
taivela	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
taivelai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
taivlai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
taiy	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
talvani	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
tamanorupani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
taruvali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tayirvelai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tegeri	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
thageti	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
thagiti	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
thaivaalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thaivelai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thella vamita	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thikwirimurimbo	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
thilani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thilavana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thiloni gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thivezhai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tilani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tilapanni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tilapannicceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tilaparni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tilavana	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tilparni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tilvan	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
tilvant	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
tori jhar	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
tsisaka	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
tsuna	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
tungi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
uatai	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
ugragandha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ulube	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
ulude	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
uluvacakenti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
uluvacakenticceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
umuzimu	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
umzonde	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
vaaminta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vacukantikkay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vaivinta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vaminta	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
varvar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vayinta	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
vaylee	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vela	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
velai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
velakura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vinger-blaarte	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
vingerblaarspinasie	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
vingerblaartee	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
volatín	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
wela	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
wete	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
wild spider flower	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
wilde kool	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
yetakoora	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yisaka (singular)	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
\|khaurob	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
ābu qarn	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
වේලා	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Whole plant		Pl. Meds for Musculoskeletal Disorders, N. Pakistan (Malik et al., 2018)
Leaves, Roots, Seeds, Whole plant		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Whole plant		Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
seed	seed	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
leaf, stem, flower		Med. Pl. Rwanda (Boily et al., 1986)
Whole Plant		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 39 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

synonym
Cleome pentaphylla L. Sp. Pl. ed. 2: 938 (1763).
Gynandropsis affinis Blume Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 51 (1825).
Gynandropsis gynandra (L.) Briq. Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 17: 382 (1914).
Gynandropsis pentaphylla (L.) DC. Prodr. 1: 238 (1824).
Cleome acuta Schumach. & Thonn. Kongel. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Skr., Naturvidensk. Math. Afh. 4: 67 (1828).
Cleome affinis (Blume) Spreng. Syst. Veg. ed. 16, 4(2): 138 (1827), nom. illeg.
Cleome alliacea Blanco Fl. Filip.: 522 (1837).
Cleome alliodora Blanco Fl. Filip., ed. 2: 363 (1845).
Cleome blumeana D.Dietr. Syn. Pl. 2: 1065 (1840).
Cleome bungei Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 381 (1840).
Cleome candelabrum Sims Bot. Mag. 53: t. 2656 (1826).
Cleome denticulata Schult. & Schult.f. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 7: 26 (1829).
Cleome eckloniana Schrad. Linnaea 10(Litt.): 109 (1836).
Cleome flexuosa F.Dietr. ex Schult. & Schult.f. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 7: 27 (1829).
Cleome heterotricha Burch. Trav. S. Africa 1: 537 (1822).
Cleome muricata (Schrad.) Schult. & Schult.f. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 7: 25 (1829).
Cleome oleracea Welw. Apont.: 586 (1859).
Cleome pentaphylla var. glabra Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 38 (1891).
Cleome pentaphylla var. hirsuta Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 39 (1891).
Cleome pubescens Sieber ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 382 (1840), not validly publ.
Cleome rosea Eckl. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 382 (1840), not validly publ.
Cleome sessilifolia (DC.) Schult. & Schult.f. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 7: 23 (1829).
Cleome triphylla L. Sp. Pl. ed. 2: 938 (1763).
Gynandropsis candelabrum (Sims) Sweet Hort. Brit.: 468 (1826).
Gynandropsis denticulata DC. Prodr. 1: 238 (1824).
Gynandropsis glandulosa C.Presl Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 3: 438 (1845).
Gynandropsis heterotricha DC. Prodr. 1: 238 (1824).
Gynandropsis muricata Schrad. Index Seminum (GOET, Gottingensis) 1824: s.p. (1824).
Gynandropsis ophitocarpa DC. Mém. Soc. Phys. Genève 5: 144 (1832).
Gynandropsis palmipes DC. Prodr. 1: 238 (1824).
Gynandropsis sessilifolia DC. Prodr. 1: 237 (1824).
Gynandropsis sinica Miq. J. Bot. Néerl. 1: 128 (1861).
Gynandropsis triphylla DC. Prodr. 1: 237 (1824).
Gynandropsis viscida Bunge Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg Divers Savans 2: 81 (1835).
Pedicellaria gynandra (L.) Chiov. Fl. Somala 2: 5 (1932).
Pedicellaria pentaphylla (L.) Schrank Bot. Mag. (Römer & Usteri) 3(8): 11 (1790).
Pedicellaria pentaphylla var. hirsutissima De Wild. Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., sér. 5, 2: 246 (1908).
Podogyne pentaphylla (L.) Hoffmanns. Verz. Pfl.-Kult.: 185 (1824).
Sinapistrum pentaphyllum Medik. Philos. Bot. 1: 108 (1789).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cleome gynandra	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Cleome gynandra L.	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2015) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. & Pois. Pl. 2 (Valkenburg et al., 1999) Med. and Magical Pl. of S. Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Pl. Meds for Musculoskeletal Disorders, N. Pakistan (Malik et al., 2018) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Plants and Fungi Project (2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Cleome gynandra Linn.	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) SOTWP 2016: Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa (2015)
Cleome gynandra Linnaeus	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Cleome pentaphylla L.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Gynandropis gynandra Briquest.	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Gynandropis offinis Bl.	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Gynandropis pentaphylla DC.	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Gynandropsis gynandra	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Gynandropsis gynandra (L.) Briq.	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Rwanda (Boily et al., 1986) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Gynandropsis gynandra (Linn.) Briq.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa (2015)
Gynandropsis gynandra Briquet	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Gynandropsis pentaphylla	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015)
Gynandropsis pentaphylla (L.) DC.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2015) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Gynandropsis pentaphylla DC.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa (2015)
Gynandropsis pentaphylla L.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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