Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew: Medicinal Plant Names Services

Non-scientific name:

black snakeroot

1 Accepted name(s) for "black snakeroot":

Accepted name
Actaea racemosa L.

7 Medicinal source(s) include this non-scientific name:

Medicinal sources:	Scientific names as used in medicinal source:	MPNS matched scientific names:	Accepted name:	Trade forms:	Plant parts:
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)	Actaea racemosa L.	Actaea racemosa L.	Actaea racemosa L.
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)	Cimicifuga racemosa (L.) Nutt.	Cimicifuga racemosa (L.) Nutt.	Actaea racemosa L.
U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)	Cimicifuga racemosa Nutt.	Cimicifuga racemosa (L.) Nutt.	Actaea racemosa L.
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)	Cimicifuga racemosa (L.) Nutt.	Cimicifuga racemosa (L.) Nutt.	Actaea racemosa L.	dried rhizome and root	rhizome and root
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)	Cimicifuga racemosa (L.) Nutt.	Cimicifuga racemosa (L.) Nutt.	Actaea racemosa L.
GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)	Actaea racemosa L.	Actaea racemosa L.	Actaea racemosa L.
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)	Actaea racemosa L.	Actaea racemosa L.	Actaea racemosa L.
Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)	Cimicifuga racemosa (L.) Nutt.	Cimicifuga racemosa (L.) Nutt.	Actaea racemosa L.		Rhizome, root

39 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "black snakeroot":

Non-scientific names:	Class of name:	Medicinal sources:
actée à grappes	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
actée à grappet	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
amerikanisches wanzenkraut	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
black bugbane	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
black cohosh	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
black root	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
bugbane	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
bugwort	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
bugwort rattleroot	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
cimicifuga	Other	Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
cimicifuga racemosa	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
cimicifugae racemosae rhizoma	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
cohosh bugbane	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
cohosh, black	Other	Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
frauen wurzel	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
herbe aux punaises	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
läkesilverax	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
macrotnys	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
macroty's	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
macrotys	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
macrotys actaea	Other	Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
natsushirogiku	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
qatil el baq	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
racine d'actée à grappes	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
rattle root	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
rattle snake root	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
rattle top	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
rattleroot	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
rattleweed	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
rheumatism weed	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
rhizoma cimicifugae racemosae	Pharmaceutical	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
richweed	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
schwarze schlangenwurzel	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
snakeroot	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
squaw root	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
squawroot	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
traubensilberkerze	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
wanzenkraut	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
zilberkaars	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)