Non scientific name details for kava kava - Medicinal Plant Names Services

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Non-scientific name:

kava kava

1 Accepted name(s) for "kava kava":

Accepted name
Piper methysticum G.Forst.

4 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)	Piper methysticum G.Forst.	Piper methysticum G.Forst.	Piper methysticum G.Forst.
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)	Piper methysticum G. Forst.	Piper methysticum G.Forst.	Piper methysticum G.Forst.
WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)	Piper methysticum G.Forst.	Piper methysticum G.Forst.	Piper methysticum G.Forst.		Root, Rhizome
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)	Piper methysticum Forster f.	Piper methysticum G.Forst.	Piper methysticum G.Forst.

9 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "kava kava":

Non-scientific names:	Class of name:	Medicinal sources:
awa	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
kava	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
kava pepper	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
kava-kava	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
kawapfeffer	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
piper methysticum	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
piperis methystici rhizoma	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
rauschpfeffer	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
yangona	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)