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Cleome gynandra

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Details
Ethnobotanical Use
General Uses
Synonyms
Common Names
Subtypes (subspecies, varieties, subvarieties, forms)
Germination/Propagation
Distribution
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Scientific Literature
Phytochemical Profile
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Details Top

Internal ID UUID644011f875bca971186453
Scientific name Cleome gynandra
Authority L.
First published in Sp. Pl. : 671 (1753)

Ethnobotanical Use Top

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General Uses Top

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Common products:
Fresh and dried leafy vegetable; occasionally used as a leafy green in formulations of vegetable flours or mixed dried greens; young leaves eaten as a potherb and in soups, stews, and curries; mucilaginous leaves used as a thickening agent in sauces; tender pods occasionally consumed as a vegetable; leaves used as a green colorant in traditional food preparations; edible seed oil expressed for culinary use; seed cake used as animal feed; mucilage-rich leaf extracts used as stabilizers or binders in processed food systems.

Food and beverages (non-medicinal):
As a vegetable: leaves are eaten fresh, blanched, or sun-dried, and are incorporated into main dishes; mucilaginous texture provides body to sauces and porridges; tender pods and flowering shoots are occasionally cooked as greens. As a colorant: leaf-based preparations contribute green hues to foods. As a seed oil: the seeds yield an edible oil used in local cooking. As a feed: seed cake residual to oil extraction is used as a feed supplement for livestock. Processing: leaves are typically parboiled to reduce mucilage before cooking; sun-drying and milling produce a shelf-stable flour; some commercial vegetable flour blends incorporate C. gynandra leaf flour.

Colorants and tanning:
The plant is not documented as a commercial dye or tanning source; neither are its leaf, seed, or stem tissues reported to provide significant natural dye pigments for textiles or leather finishing.

Wood and fiber:
No reports of timber, pole, or fiber use; the herbaceous stem is not used for fiber or cordage.

Fragrance and cosmetics:
No documented use in perfumery or cosmetics; no essential oil or fixed oil standardized for fragrance applications.

Industrial and craft applications:
Mucilaginous leaf extracts can act as hydrocolloids suitable for stabilization and binding in food matrices, but industrial-scale hydrocolloid extraction is not documented for this taxon.

Properties relevant to use:
Leaves provide significant mucilage, which confers thickening and stabilizing properties; seeds yield an edible oil suitable for culinary use; leaves are rich in protein and minerals when used as a vegetable; the mucilaginous character can be modulated by parboiling or sun-drying to adjust texture in food products.

Standards and regulation:
No species-specific standards are documented for this plant or its products; food and oil uses are generally governed by national food standards when sold; seeds and leaves may be subject to mycotoxin and microbial limits under general food law where applicable.

Sustainability and sourcing:
Leaf and seed materials are collected from cultivated or wild stands primarily in Africa, South Asia, and Southeast Asia; depending on market demand, continued reliance on wild harvesting may pose local sustainability concerns; promoting cultivation and improving post-harvest handling (drying and storage) can reduce losses and support steady supply.

Synonyms Top

Scientific name Authority First published in
Pedicellaria gynandra (L.) Chiov. Fl. Somala 2: 5 (1932)
Cleome acuta Schumach. & Thonn. Kongel. Danske Vidensk. Selsk. Skr., Naturvidensk. Math. Afh. 4: 67 (1828)
Cleome affinis (Blume) Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16 [Sprengel] 4(2, Cur. Post.): 138. 1827 [Jan-Jun 1827]
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. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 7: 26 (1829)
Cleome eckloniana Schrad. Linnaea 10(Litt.): 109 (1836)
Cleome flexuosa F.Dietr. ex Schult. & Schult.f. Syst. Veg. 7: 27 1829
Cleome heterotricha Burch. Trav. S. Africa 1: 537 (1822)
Cleome muricata (Schrad.) Schult. & Schult.f. Syst. Veg., ed. 15 bis 7: 25 (1829)
Cleome oleracea Welw. Apont. : 586 (1859)
Cleome pentaphylla L. Sp. Pl., ed. 2. 2: 938. 1763 [Aug 1763]
Cleome pentaphylla var. glabra Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 38 (1891)
Cleome pubescens Sieber ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. , ed. 2, 1: 382 (1840)
Cleome rosea Eckl. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. [Steudel], ed. 2. 1: 382. 1840
Cleome triphylla L. Sp. Pl. ed. 2 : 938 (1763)
Gynandropsis affinis Blume Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind. : 51 (1825)
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 gynandra (L.) Briq. Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 17: 382 (1914)
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 pentaphylla (L.) 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)
Cleome pentaphylla var. hirsuta Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 39 1891
Sinapistrum pentaphyllum Medik. Philos. Bot. (Medikus) 1: 108. 1789
Podogyne pentaphylla Hoffmanns. Verz. Pfl.-Kult. 185. 1824
Gymnogonia pentaphylla (L.) R.Br. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. (ed. 2) 1: 381 1840
Gynandropsis pentaphylla Blanco
Pedicellaria pentaphylla (L.) Schrank Bot. Mag. (Römer & Usteri) 3(8): 11 (1790)
Cleome sessilifolia (DC.) Schult. & Schult.f. Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 7: 23 (1829)
Pedicellaria pentaphylla var. hirsutissima De Wild. Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot. , sér. 5, 2: 246 (1908)
Cleome gynandra var. nana (Blatt. & Hallb.) Bhandari Bull. Bot. Surv. India 6: 327 (1964)
Gynandropsis pentaphylla var. nana Blatt. & Hallb. J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 26: 221 (1918)

Common names Top

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Language Common/alternative name
English cat's whiskers
English spiderwisp
English african cabbage
Arabic ذفرة زنمردية
Bambara nansege
Indonesian mamang
lzh 白花菜
Malay maman betul
Malay pokok maman
Malay maman hantu
Oriya ଅଜଗନ୍ଧା
Oriya ଅଣସୋରିଷିଆ
Sango vä
Swahili mkabili shemsi
Swahili mwangani mgange
Swahili mgagani
Tamil தைவேளை
Tamil நல்வேளை
Tamil நிலவேளை
Thai ผักเสี้ยน
Vietnamese màn màn
Vietnamese rau màn
Vietnamese màn ri
Vietnamese màn màn trắng
Chinese 白花菜
Chinese 臭花菜
Chinese 白花草
Chinese 羊角菜

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Varieties (abbr. var.) Top

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Germination/Propagation Top

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Distribution (via POWO/KEW) Top

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- Extinct
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- Native
  • Africa
    • East Tropical Africa
      • Kenya
      • Tanzania
      • Uganda
    • Macaronesia
      • Cape Verde
    • Northeast Tropical Africa
      • Chad
      • Djibouti
      • Eritrea
      • Ethiopia
      • Socotra
      • Somalia
      • Sudan
    • Northern Africa
      • Egypt
      • Libya
    • South Tropical Africa
      • Angola
      • Malawi
      • Mozambique
      • Zambia
      • Zimbabwe
    • Southern Africa
      • Botswana
      • Cape Provinces
      • Free State
      • Kwazulu-Natal
      • Namibia
      • Northern Provinces
    • West Tropical Africa
      • Benin
      • Burkina
      • Ghana
      • Guinea
      • Guinea-Bissau
      • Ivory Coast
      • Mali
      • Mauritania
      • Niger
      • Nigeria
      • Senegal
      • Sierra Leone
      • Togo
    • West-central Tropical Africa
      • Burundi
      • Cameroon
      • Central African Republic
      • Congo
      • Gabon
      • Gulf Of Guinea Islands
      • Rwanda
      • Zaïre
    • Western Indian Ocean
      • Comoros
      • Madagascar
      • Mauritius
      • Rodrigues
      • Réunion
      • Seychelles
  • Asia-temperate
    • Arabian Peninsula
      • Gulf States
      • Oman
      • Saudi Arabia
      • Yemen
    • China
      • China North-central
      • China South-central
      • China Southeast
      • Hainan
    • Eastern Asia
      • Kazan-retto
      • Taiwan
    • Western Asia
      • Palestine
  • Asia-tropical
    • Indian Subcontinent
      • Assam
      • Bangladesh
      • East Himalaya
      • India
      • Maldives
      • Nepal
      • Pakistan
      • Sri Lanka
    • Indo-China
      • Andaman Islands
      • Cambodia
      • Laos
      • Myanmar
      • Nicobar Nicobar
      • South China Sea
      • Thailand
      • Vietnam
    • Malesia
      • Borneo
      • Christmas Island
      • Cocos (keeling) Islands
      • Jawa
      • Lesser Sunda Islands
      • Malaya
      • Maluku
      • Philippines
      • Sulawesi
      • Sumatera
    • Papuasia
      • New Guinea
  • Australasia
    • Australia
      • Northern Territory
      • Queensland
      • Western Australia
  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Gulf
      • Mexico Northeast
      • Mexico Northwest
      • Mexico Southeast
      • Mexico Southwest
    • North-central U.S.A.
      • Oklahoma
    • Northeastern U.S.A.
      • New York
      • Pennsylvania
    • South-central U.S.A.
      • Texas
    • Southeastern U.S.A.
      • Alabama
      • Florida
      • Georgia
      • Louisiana
      • Mississippi
      • North Carolina
      • South Carolina
  • Pacific
    • North-central Pacific
      • Hawaii
    • Northwestern Pacific
      • Caroline Islands
    • South-central Pacific
      • Marquesas
      • Society Islands
    • Southwestern Pacific
      • Fiji
      • New Caledonia
  • Southern America
    • Brazil
      • Brazil Northeast
      • Brazil Southeast
    • Caribbean
      • Aruba
      • Bahamas
      • Bermuda
      • Cuba
      • Dominican Republic
      • Haiti
      • Jamaica
      • Leeward Islands
      • Netherlands Antilles
      • Puerto Rico
      • Trinidad-Tobago
      • Turks-caicos Islands
      • Venezuelan Antilles
      • Windward Islands
    • Central America
      • Nicaragua
    • Northern South America
      • French Guiana
      • Suriname
      • Venezuela
    • Western South America
      • Colombia
      • Peru

Links to other databases Top

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000611317
Tropicos 100313260
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:147309-1
The Plant List kew-2727595
IPNI 147309-1
GBIF 3873021
UNII IK61O1GX6H
USDA Plants CLGY
Tropicos 5900003
INPN 447079
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60518-2
The Plant List kew-2727343
PFAF Cleome gynandra
Observations.org 198617
NBN Atlas NBNSYS0200003583
Nature Serve 2.148890
IPNI 60518-2
iNaturalist 128928
GBIF 3054225
Freebase /m/05q5gh3
EPPO GYAGY
Elurikkus 357915
USDA GRIN 310634
Wikipedia Cleome_gynandra

Genomes (via NCBI) Top

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Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Cleogynol, a novel dammarane triterpenoid from Cleome gynandra. Das PC, Patra A, Mandal S, Mallick B, Das A, Chatterjee A J Nat Prod 01-Apr-1999
doi:10.1021/NP9803528
PMID:10217723

Phytochemical Profile Top

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Terpene glycosides / Triterpene glycosides / Triterpene saponins
(3alphaOH,20S,24S)-3,19:20,24-Diepoxydammarane-3,25-diol 73804808 Click to see CC1(C2CCC3(C(C24CCC1(OC4)O)CCC5C3(CCC5C6(CCC(O6)C(C)(C)O)C)C)C)C 474.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP9803528
(3I(2),24S)-3,19:20,24-Diepoxydammarane-3,25-diol 21580988 Click to see 474.70 unknown https://doi.org/10.1021/NP9803528

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