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Pharmaceutical name:

puerariae radix

6 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:
Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Pueraria thomsonii Benth. Pueraria thomsonii Benth. Pueraria montana var. thomsonii (Benth.) M.R.Almeida dried root root
Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Pueraria lobata Ohwi Pueraria lobata (Willd.) Ohwi Pueraria montana var. lobata (Willd.) Maesen & S.M.Almeida ex Sanjappa & Predeep root
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pueraria lobata (Willd.) Ohwi Pueraria lobata (Willd.) Ohwi Pueraria montana var. lobata (Willd.) Maesen & S.M.Almeida ex Sanjappa & Predeep
Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Pueraria lobata Ohwi Pueraria lobata (Willd.) Ohwi Pueraria montana var. lobata (Willd.) Maesen & S.M.Almeida ex Sanjappa & Predeep root, periderm removed root
Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Pueraria lobata (Willd.) Ohwi Pueraria lobata (Willd.) Ohwi Pueraria montana var. lobata (Willd.) Maesen & S.M.Almeida ex Sanjappa & Predeep dried root root
Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Pueraria lobata Ohwi Pueraria lobata (Willd.) Ohwi Pueraria montana var. lobata (Willd.) Maesen & S.M.Almeida ex Sanjappa & Predeep root with periderm, root without periderm root
Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Pueraria lobata Ohwi Pueraria lobata (Willd.) Ohwi Pueraria montana var. lobata (Willd.) Maesen & S.M.Almeida ex Sanjappa & Predeep root

17 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "puerariae radix":

Non-scientific names: Class of name: Medicinal sources:
ge gen Other Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
japanese arrowroot Other Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
kudzu Other Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
kudzu vine Other Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
kudzubohne Other Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
moutan radicis cortex Pharmaceutical Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
mu dan pi Other Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
pueraria Other Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
pueraria root Other Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006)
Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)
puerariae flos Pharmaceutical Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
tree peony Other Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
カッコン Other Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
牡丹皮 Other Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
甘葛藤 Other Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
粉葛 Other Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
葛根 Other Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
野葛 Other Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)