Fabaceae
Pleurolobus gangeticus
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Pleurolobus
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Common names
By language (14)
- Arabic
- عرقيص غانجي, إرقيس, إرْقِيس, ارقيس, متن, مفصلية, مَتْن, مِفصلَيَّة
- Bambara
- Cɛganakunsigi
- Bangla
- শালপর্ণী, নারিন্দা ঘাস
- Burmese
- ကျေးမြီးဖို
- Chinese
- 大叶山蚂蝗, 蝉豆, 大葉山螞蝗, 大葉山螞蟥, 大叶山绿豆, 恒河山绿豆, 粘人草, 红母鸡草
- dag
- Wookpargu
- Hindi
- शालपर्णी
- Japanese
- タマツナギ
- Kannada
- ಮೂರೆಲೆ ಹೊನ್ನೆ
- mad
- Kalkal otek
- Malayalam
- ഓരില, ചിത്രപർണ്ണി, ധവനി
- Sindhi
- شالپرڻي
- Tamil
- மூவிலை
- Vietnamese
- Thóc lép
Synonyms
- Aeschynomene gangetica (L.) Poir.
- Aeschynomene maculata Poir.
- Desmodium cavaleriei H.Lév.
- Desmodium collinum Wight
- Desmodium gangeticum (L.) DC.
- Desmodium gangeticum var. maculatum (L.) Baker
- Desmodium gangeticum var. ramnagari Haines
- Desmodium lanceolatum (Schumach. & Thonn.) Walp.
- Desmodium latifolium Wight
- Desmodium maculatum (L.) DC.
- Desmodium natalitium Sond.
- Desmodium polygonoides Welw. ex Baker
- Hedysarum collinum Roxb.
- Hedysarum collinum Roxb.
- Hedysarum gangeticum L.
- Hedysarum lanceolatum Schum. & Thonn.
- Hedysarum lanceolatum Schumach. & Thonn.
- Hedysarum maculatum L.
- Hedysarum ochroleucum Moench
- Hedysarum pseudogangeticum Miq.
- Hedysarum roseum Blume ex Miq.
- Hedysarum styracifolium Roxb. ex Wight & Arn.
- Meibomia gangetica (L.) Kuntze
- Meibomia natalita (Sond.) Kuntze
- Meibomia polygonodes (Welw. ex Baker) Kuntze
- Pleurolobus maculatus J.St.-Hil.
Photos

Photo: E. Kunhikrishnan, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.