Skip to main content
Kew Science
Kew.org

Non-scientific name:

kava-kava root

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

Accepted name
Piper methysticum G.Forst.

1 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:
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) Piper methysticum G. Forst. Piper methysticum G.Forst. Piper methysticum G.Forst. dried rhizome rhizome

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

Non-scientific names: Class of name: Medicinal sources:
ava Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
ava root Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
awa Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
gea Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
gi Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
kao Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
kava Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
kava-kava Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
kavakava Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
kavapipar Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
kawa Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
kawa kawa Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
kawa pepper Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
kawapfeffer Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
malohu Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
maluk Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
maori kava Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
meruk Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
milik Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
racine de poivre enivrant Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
rauschpfeffer Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
rhizoma de kava-kava Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
rhizoma piperis methystici Pharmaceutical WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
yagona Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
yaqona Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)