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Non-scientific name:

soapwort

2 Accepted name(s) for "soapwort":

Accepted name
Saponaria officinalis L.
Gypsophila vaccaria (L.) Sm.

9 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:
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Saponaria officinalis L. Saponaria officinalis L. Saponaria officinalis L.
U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) Saponaria officinalis L. Saponaria officinalis L. Saponaria officinalis L.
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Saponaria officinalis L. Saponaria officinalis L. Saponaria officinalis L.
Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Saponaria officinalis Linn. Saponaria officinalis L. Saponaria officinalis L. root, leaves, sap
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Saponaria officinalis L. Saponaria officinalis L. Saponaria officinalis L.
Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002) Saponaria officinalis Saponaria officinalis L.

MPNS Best Guess

 Saponaria officinalis L. Root
GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Saponaria officinalis L. Saponaria officinalis L. Saponaria officinalis L.
Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Saponaria officinalis Saponaria officinalis L. Saponaria officinalis L. Root
Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Saponaria officinalis Saponaria officinalis L. Saponaria officinalis L.
Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Vaccaria pyramidata (L.) Medik. Vaccaria pyramidata Medik. Gypsophila vaccaria (L.) Sm. root, mucilaginous sap

32 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "soapwort":

Non-scientific names: Class of name: Medicinal sources:
binupul Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bouncing bet Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
bouncing-bet Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bouncing-bett Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
bouncingbet Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
bouncingbet soapweed Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
bruisewort Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
common soapwort Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cow herb Other Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
echtes seifenkraut Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
fei zao cao Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
fuller s herb Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
fuller s-herb Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gewöhnliches seifenkraut Other Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
hierba japonera Other Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
ladys-washbowl Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
latherwort Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
musna Other Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
myl'njanka lekarstvennaja Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
old-maids-pink Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
red soapwort Other Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
saabuni Other Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
sabonsō Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
saponaire Other Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
saponaire officinale Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
saponaria Other Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
saponaria officinalis Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
saponariae rubrae radix Pharmaceutical Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
soap-root Other U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
sweet betty Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
sweet william Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
såpnejlika Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)