botanical record · discovered
Guar
Cyamopsis tetragonoloba
Guar · Cluster-Bean · Siam-Bean · Büschelbohne · Calcutta-lucerne · Gua er dou (transcribed Chinese) · Guarbohne · Siam-bean · cluster bean · cluster-bean · cyamopse à quatre ailes · cyamopsis paľadencový · gua er dou
At a glance
Origin / distribution: not documented
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Boil(Veterinary), Head, Hepatomegaly, Poultice(Veterinary)
Science studied: ASCORBIC-ACID, ASH, ASTRAGALIN, CAFFEIC-ACID
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Fabaceae
Scientific name: Cyamopsis tetragonoloba
Common names: Guar, Cluster-Bean, Siam-Bean, Büschelbohne, Calcutta-lucerne, Gua er dou (transcribed Chinese), Guarbohne, Siam-bean, cluster bean, cluster-bean, cyamopse à quatre ailes, cyamopsis paľadencový, gua er dou
POWO: 489242-1 · WCVP June 2026 / POWO backbone
History
The source record documents this plant in Elsewhere.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Boil(Veterinary)
- Head
- Hepatomegaly
- Poultice(Veterinary)
- Swelling
- Laxative
- Night-Blindness
- Plague
show 1 more documented entries
- Smallpox
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- Elsewhere
Documented cultural uses
- Boil(Veterinary)
- Head
- Hepatomegaly
- Poultice(Veterinary)
- Swelling
- Laxative
- Night-Blindness
- Plague
- Smallpox
Cultural record detail
These entries are transcribed from the cited ethnobotanical source; they do not represent current advice or a claim of efficacy.
- Boil(Veterinary) · Elsewhere · "
- Head · Elsewhere · "
- Hepatomegaly · Elsewhere · "
- Poultice(Veterinary) · Elsewhere · "
- Swelling · Elsewhere · "
- Laxative · Elsewhere · "
- Night-Blindness · Elsewhere · "
- Plague · Elsewhere · "
- Smallpox · Elsewhere · "
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific research
Indexed records indicate research activity; they do not establish efficacy or safety.
Indexed research records
- Guar bean (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba): evaluation as an alternative forage source in ruminants. · 2026 source ↗
- Impact of thermal and irradiation processing on phytochemical retention and fungal resistance in cluster beans (Cyamopsis tetragonoloba). · 2026 source ↗
- BABA priming reinforces chitosan nanoparticle-induced reprogramming of carbon-nitrogen and phenylpropanoid metabolism in Cyamopsis tetragonoloba L. · 2026 source ↗
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- ASCORBIC-ACID
- ASH
- ASTRAGALIN
- CAFFEIC-ACID
- CALCIUM
- CARBOHYDRATES
- CHLOROGENIC-ACID
- BETA-CAROTENE
- ELLAGIC-ACID
- FAT
- FIBER
- FLUOROACETIC-ACID
- FLUROACETIC-ACID
- GALLIC-ACID
- GUARAN
- IRON
show 28 more documented entries
- KAEMPFEROL-3-0-RUTINOSIDE
- KAEMPFEROL-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE-3-GLYCOSIDE
- MYRICETIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE-3-GLYCOSIDE
- P-COUMAROYL-QUINIC-ACID
- PHOSPHORUS
- POTASSIUM
- PROTEIN
- WATER
- 7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE-3-O-(2-DIRHAMNOSYL-GLUCOSYL)-KAEMPFEROL
- 2,3,4-TRIHYDROXY-BENZOIC-ACID
- DAIDZEIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- QUERCETIN-3-O-BETA-D-RUTINOSIDE
- TEXASIN-7-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- 3-EPIKATONIC-ACID
- JUGLANIN
- P-HYDROXYCINNAMYL-ALCOHOL
- CONIFERYL-ALCOHOL
- PROTOCATECHUIC-ACID
- GENTISIC-ACID
- KAEMPFEROL
- QUERCETIN
- 7-O-BETA-(2-RHAMNOSYL-GLUCOSYL)-MYRICETIN
- P-COUMARIC-ACID
- MYRISTIC-ACID
- STEARIC-ACID
- PALMITIC-ACID
- OLEIC-ACID
- LINOLEIC-ACID
Legality
No exact international trade listing was returned by the CITES checklist for this accepted name. Country-specific law is not assessed here.
Consult the CITES species checklist for current international and national requirements.
Reference images
Sources
Plants of the World Online (POWO) · Kew data terms; cite POWO/WCVP
World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) · CC BY 3.0
show claim source mapping
- identity · DH-SRC-0030
- documented_uses · DH-SRC-0030
- compounds · DH-SRC-0030
- taxonomy · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- common_names · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- countries · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- wfo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0003 · source ↗
- cultural_records · DH-SRC-0030 · source ↗
- powo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0001 · source ↗
- wcvp_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0002 · source ↗
CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
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