Plant Profile
Herb descriptions
Botany
Binomial nomenclature
Cleome gynandra
Scientific Name and Description
Cleome gynandra L.
Herb Family
Plant type
Herb
Plant Synonyms
Plant Synonyms
Cleome pentaphylla L.
Gynandropsis gynandra BRIQUET
Gynandropsis pentaphylla L.
Cleome acuta Schumach. & Thonn.
Cleome affinis (Blume) Spreng. nom. illeg.
Cleome alliacea Blanco
Cleome alliodora Blanco
Cleome blumeana D.Dietr.
Cleome bungei Steud.
Cleome candelabrum Sims
Cleome denticulata Schult. & Schult.f.
Cleome eckloniana Schrad.
Cleome flexuosa F.Dietr. ex Schult. & Schult.f.
Cleome heterotricha Burch.
Cleome muricata (Schrad.) Schult. & Schult.f.
Cleome oleracea Welw.
Cleome pentaphylla L.
Cleome pubescens Sieber ex Steud.
Cleome rosea Eckl. ex Steud. nom. inval.
Cleome triphylla L.
Gymnogonia pentaphylla (L.) R. Br. ex Steud.
Gynandropsis affinis Blume
Gynandropsis candelabrum (Sims) Sweet
Gynandropsis denticulata DC.
Gynandropsis glandulosa C.Presl
Gynandropsis gynandra (L.) Briq.
Gynandropsis heterotricha DC.
Gynandropsis muricata Schrad.
Gynandropsis ophitocarpa DC.
Gynandropsis palmipes DC.
Gynandropsis pentaphylla (L.) DC.
Gynandropsis pentaphylla Blanco
Gynandropsis sinica Miq.
Gynandropsis triphylla DC.
Gynandropsis viscida Bunge
Pedicellaria pentaphylla (L.) Schrank
Pedicellaria triphylla (L.) Pax
Podogyne pentaphylla (L.) Hoffmanns.
Sinapistrum pentaphyllum (L.) Medik.
Gynandropsis gynandra BRIQUET
Gynandropsis pentaphylla L.
Cleome acuta Schumach. & Thonn.
Cleome affinis (Blume) Spreng. nom. illeg.
Cleome alliacea Blanco
Cleome alliodora Blanco
Cleome blumeana D.Dietr.
Cleome bungei Steud.
Cleome candelabrum Sims
Cleome denticulata Schult. & Schult.f.
Cleome eckloniana Schrad.
Cleome flexuosa F.Dietr. ex Schult. & Schult.f.
Cleome heterotricha Burch.
Cleome muricata (Schrad.) Schult. & Schult.f.
Cleome oleracea Welw.
Cleome pentaphylla L.
Cleome pubescens Sieber ex Steud.
Cleome rosea Eckl. ex Steud. nom. inval.
Cleome triphylla L.
Gymnogonia pentaphylla (L.) R. Br. ex Steud.
Gynandropsis affinis Blume
Gynandropsis candelabrum (Sims) Sweet
Gynandropsis denticulata DC.
Gynandropsis glandulosa C.Presl
Gynandropsis gynandra (L.) Briq.
Gynandropsis heterotricha DC.
Gynandropsis muricata Schrad.
Gynandropsis ophitocarpa DC.
Gynandropsis palmipes DC.
Gynandropsis pentaphylla (L.) DC.
Gynandropsis pentaphylla Blanco
Gynandropsis sinica Miq.
Gynandropsis triphylla DC.
Gynandropsis viscida Bunge
Pedicellaria pentaphylla (L.) Schrank
Pedicellaria triphylla (L.) Pax
Podogyne pentaphylla (L.) Hoffmanns.
Sinapistrum pentaphyllum (L.) Medik.
Plant Names - Common - Regional - Vernacular
| Common names | Spider Plant, Shanapuri (Hindi), Jangli Jute (Marathi),Shona cabbage, African cabbage, spiderwisp, cat's whiskers,stinkweed. |
| English | cat whiskers |
| Hindi | arkahuli, churota, hulhul, hurhur, hurhur-ka-per, jakhiya, karaila, karalia, lalhulhul, parhar, safed bagro, safed hulhul, safed-bagra, safedhulhul,Shanapuri, Jangli Jute |
| Kannada | ajagandha, kiloni, kirikaala, maamballi gida, naarumbele, shirikaala, shrikala, sooryavarta, thiloni gida, tilani |
| Malayalam | cara-veela, kara-vela, karavela, karvela, tai-vela, taivela, vela |
| Marathi | dhavi-tiloni, hulhul, kalvana, kanphodi, mabli, mhoti tilavana, motithiavan, motitilavan, pandari-tilvan, pandharithilavan, pandharitilavan, thilavana, tilavana |
| Sanskrit | ajagandha, ajigandha, arkapushpi, arkapushpika, avigandha, barbaragandha, barbaraka, bastagandha, bodhayika, brahmi, bramhagrabha, caravella, carvella, choraka, hulhul, kabari, karnasphota, karnaspota, kharapushpa, pasugandha, putigandha, putimayurika, sugandhika, surjavarta, suryavarta, svetahulahula, tilaparni, tungi, ugragandha, varvar |
| Tamil | acakanta, acakantacceti, acakantam, acakantar, acakanti, acanrika, apiramimuli, arkkaputpikam, arttacantirakam, ayirapatam, camukavalai, camukavalaicceti, camulavam, camuppavam, carati1, caruvalai, caruvelai, caruvelaicceti, carvalai, cattai, cattiravacceti, cattiravan, cippatimuli, cippativelacicceti, curacapirutam, curacu, curucavarttam, kadugu, kananvelai, kanavelai, kanavelaicceti, katuvu, kavalai, kavalaicceti, kavelai, kavilai, kavilaicceti, kavilay, kaykantitam, kayvelai, kayvelaicceti, kenta1, kiruttinatantulam, kotimatalatti, mankali,mantu, nai-velai, naivela, naivelai, nal velai, nallavelai, nalvelai, narivalai, naykkatuku, nayvelai, palaiyamvivitam, pantumai, parpari, parparicceti, pasanapantini, piranalvelai, porramaram, puncari, puncaricceti, tai, taivela, taivelai, taivlai, taiy, tamanorupani, taruvali, tayirvelai, thaivelai, tilapanni, tilapannicceti, uluvacakenti, uluvacakenticceti, vacukantikkay, vaivinta, vaylee, velai, velai |
| Telugu | thella vamita, thivezhai, vaaminta, vaminta, velai, velakura, yetakoora |
| Tibetan | a-dza-ga-ndha |
Plants Medicinal Value
Medicinal Systems
Ayurved
Siddha
Folk
Sowa Rigpa
Herb usable parts
Roots
Bark
Leaves
Seeds
Whole plant
Ethnopharmacology use
Cleome gynandra L
Habit -Herb
Parts used -Leaves, bark, seed, root
Application -Ear ache; vegetable; insecticidal; wormicidal; wound; oral health care; snakebite; diuretic; cough; malarial fevers; cold
Treatment -General
References -Bhardwaj et al. 2011, Dansi et al. 2008
References
Literature
Literature
Bhardwaj et al. 2011,
Dansi et al. 2008,
Flora of Bankura District(West Bengal) Author - Sanyal M.N.
Flora of the Indian Desert Author - Bhandari M.M
Flora of Madhya Pradesh Vol I Author - D.M.Verma, N.P.Balakrishnan, R.D.Dixit
Flora of Jowai Vol.I Author - N.P.Balakrishnan
Flora of Rajasthan Vol. 1 Author - B.V.Shetty & V.Singh
THE FLORA OF THE TAMILNADU CARNATIC-VOL I Author - K.M. MATTHEW
The Flora of Kerala Vol I Author - Ed. P. Daniel
Flora of Chamba District (Himachal Pradesh) Author - Harindar Singh and M Sharma
Flora of West Bengal Vol 1 Author - BSI Scientist
Flora of Himachal Pradesh Vol I Author - H.J.chowdhery & B.M.Wadhwa
Flora of Maharashrta State (Dicotyledons) Volume 1 Author - N.P.Singh, P.Lakshminarasimhan, S.Karthikeyan & P.V. Prasanna
Flora of Majuli Author - M.Islam
The Flora of the Gulf of Mannar Author - P. Daniel & P. Umamaheswari
Flora of Srikakulam District (Andhra Pradesh) Author - Rolla Seshagiri Rao, S.Hara Sriramulu
The Flora of Orissa Volume 1 Author - H. O. Saxena, M. Brahmam
Flora of Gujarat State Vol 1 Author - G.L.Shah
FLORA OF KARNATAKA VOL-1 Author - C.J. SALDHANA.
Published 11 February 2019 http://dx.doi.org/10.32859/era.18.4.1-112
Foundation for Revitalisation of Local Health Traditions (FRLHT)
The National Medicinal Plants Board (NMPB), Department of AYUSH
Citations
Herb citations
Cleome gynandra. (2024, June 10). In Wikipedia. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cleome_gynandra