Cullen corylifolium(L.) Medik.

Malaysian scurfpea

WFO wfo-0000186158 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 4 observations

This species has been photographed under an open licence only 4 times, so some figures below are different views of the same plant, taken on the same day, rather than different individuals. They are usually different parts of it: the leaf, the flower, the bark.

Cullen corylifolium, photographed by S.MORE
fig. a S.MORE, CC0 1.0 / 2014-12-25 / obs. 60145270
Cullen corylifolium, photographed by Aravinth
fig. b Aravinth, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 60897554
Cullen corylifolium, photographed by Aravinth
fig. c Aravinth, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 59227942
Cullen corylifolium, photographed by Aravinth
fig. d Aravinth, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 51498613
Cullen corylifolium, photographed by Aravinth
fig. e Aravinth, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 59323517
Cullen corylifolium, photographed by Aravinth
fig. f Aravinth, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 51498619
Cullen corylifolium, photographed by Aravinth
fig. g Aravinth, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 59323523
Cullen corylifolium, photographed by S.MORE
fig. h S.MORE, CC0 1.0 / obs. 60145298

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Native range 17 botanical countries

Regions where Cullen corylifolium is native: Djibouti, Somalia, China South-Central, Iraq, Oman, Yemen, Assam, Bangladesh, India, Jawa, Laos, Malaya, Myanmar, Pakistan, Sri Lanka, Vietnam, West Himalaya DjiboutiSomaliaChina South-CentralIraqOmanYemenAssamBangladeshIndiaJawaLaosMalayaMyanmarPakistanSri LankaVietnamWest Himalaya
Native distribution of Cullen corylifolium, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Assam ASS ASIA-TROPICAL
Bangladesh BAN
India IND
Jawa JAW
Laos LAO
Malaya MLY
Myanmar MYA
Pakistan PAK
Sri Lanka SRL
Vietnam VIE
West Himalaya WHM
China South-Central CHC ASIA-TEMPERATE
Iraq IRQ
Oman OMA
Yemen YEM
Djibouti DJI AFRICA
Somalia SOM

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 10 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Bipontinia corylifolia (L.) Alef.
  • Cullen corylifolia (L.) Medik.
  • Cullen corylifolius (L.) Medik.
  • Dorychnium corylifolium (L.) Moench
  • Lotodes corylifolia (L.) Kuntze
  • Lotodes corylifolium (L.) Kuntze
  • Lotodes corylifolium var. parvifolium Kuntze
  • Psoralea corylifolia L.
  • Psoralea patersoniae Schönland
  • Trifolium unifolium Forssk.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. USDA PLANTS Database. common name, checklist symbol CUCO7. public domain. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

We publish what we can source and we say so when we cannot. This page has no care advice and no toxicity claim, because we do not yet have those from a source we can cite.