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Non-scientific name:

snake root

2 Accepted name(s) for "snake root":

Accepted name
Polygala senega L.
Eryngium creticum Lam.

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:
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) Polygala senega L. var. latifolia Torrey et Gray Polygala senega var. latifolia Torr. & A.Gray Polygala senega L. dried root root
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) Polygala senega L. Polygala senega L. Polygala senega L. dried root root
Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Polygala senega L. Polygala senega L. Polygala senega L. Root, Rootstock
Wild Med. Pl. Jordan (Al-Qura'n, 2009) Eryngium creticum Lam. Eryngium creticum Lam. Eryngium creticum Lam. whole plant
National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) Eryngium creticum Lam. Eryngium creticum Lam. Eryngium creticum Lam.

28 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "snake root":

Non-scientific names: Class of name: Medicinal sources:
bambara Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
bulughâ lon Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
gizr uththuban Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
klapperschlangenwurzel Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
mountain flax Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
northern senega Other Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
peuhl Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
polygala Other Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
polygala de virginie Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
racine de polygala Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
racine de senega Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
radix polygalae Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
radix polygalae senegae Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
radix senegae Pharmaceutical WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
rattlesnake root Other Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
seneca snakeroot Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
senega Other Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
senega root Other Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
senega snakeroot Other Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
senegakreuzblume Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
senegawurzel Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
snake rattlesnake root Other Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
szenegagyökér Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
tsuknida Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
vahulill Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
virginische schlangenwurzel Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
yoruba Other WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
‫قرصعنة‬ Other National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)