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Non-scientific name:

spinach

3 Accepted name(s) for "spinach":

Accepted name
Spinacia oleracea L.
Amaranthus hybridus L.
Cucumis sativus L.

15 Medicinal source(s) include this non-scientific name:

Medicinal sources: Scientific names as used in medicinal source: MPNS matched scientific names: Accepted name: Drug form: Plant parts:
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Spinacia oleracea L. Spinacia oleracea L. Spinacia oleracea L.
U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009) Spinacia oleracea L. Spinacia oleracea L. Spinacia oleracea L.
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Spinacia oleracea L. Spinacia oleracea L. Spinacia oleracea L.
Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) Spinacia oleracea L. Spinacia oleracea L. Spinacia oleracea L.
GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Spinacia oleracea L. Spinacia oleracea L. Spinacia oleracea L.
Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002) Spinacia oleracea Spinacia oleracea L.

MPNS Best Guess

 Spinacia oleracea L. Seed
National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) Spinacia oleracea L. Spinacia oleracea L. Spinacia oleracea L.
Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Spinacia oleracea Spinacia oleracea L. Spinacia oleracea L. Seed
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Spinacia oleracea L. Spinacia oleracea L. Spinacia oleracea L.
Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Spinacia oleracea Spinacia oleracea L. Spinacia oleracea L.
Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Spinacia oleracea L. Spinacia oleracea L. Spinacia oleracea L.
GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Spinacia oleracea L. Spinacia oleracea L. Spinacia oleracea L.
Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Spinacia oleracea Spinacia oleracea L. Spinacia oleracea L.
Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Spinacia oleracea Spinacia oleracea L. Spinacia oleracea L. fruit
Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Amaranthus hybridus Linn. Amaranthus hybridus L. Amaranthus hybridus L.
Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Cucumis sativus Cucumis sativus L. Cucumis sativus L. Fruits, Seeds

104 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "spinach":

Non-scientific names: Class of name: Medicinal sources:
aivakaimanilakkoti Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aivakaimanilam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aloci Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aloki Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bayam Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bo cai Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
bō cài Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bō cài zǐ Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bō léng cài Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bō sī cài Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
cali Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ch'ih ken ts'ai Other Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
chhurika Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chiritchhada Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chitar Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cikkiranti Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cirri Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dumpabachhali Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
epinard Other Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
espinaca Other Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
espinafre Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
gramini Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gramyavallabha Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
horenso Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
iruppavalotaram Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
is-finaj Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
is-panaj Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
isfanaj Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ispanak Other Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
ispank Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ispinakh Other Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
ispinaph Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanayilai Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karuni Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karunikkoti Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kshurapatrika Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kshurika Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
madhura Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
madhusudani Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
malaricivancam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
matturbachhali Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
minciyatavankam Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mukundana gida Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mutturbachhali Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nalvacalai Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
narpacalai Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paala koora Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paalak Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paalak soppu Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paalakya Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pacalai Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pacali Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pacalikkoti Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pacici Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pacili Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
palak Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
palakya Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
palanki Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
palankya Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
palki Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pariyan Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pasalai Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pavanati Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pavanatikkoti Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
payalai Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
payavuri Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
payili Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
payiri Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pinni Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
pinnis Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pipigngna Other Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
po leng ts'ai Other Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
po ssu ts'ao Other Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
po ts'ai Other Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
poh choy Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sag Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sagpalak Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shǔ gēn cài Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sigeumchi Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
snigdhapatra Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
spenat Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
spinach soppu Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
spinacia Other U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
spinacia oleracea whole Other Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
spinacio Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
spinage Other U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
spinagh Other Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
spinat Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
supatra Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thiyambara Other Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
tinti Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tintikkoti Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vacalaikkirai Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vasaiyilaikkirai Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vastukakara Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
épinard Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
තියඹරා Other Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
පිපිඤ්ඤා Other Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
‫سبانخ‬ Other National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
波斯菜 Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
波棱菜 Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
菠菜 Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
菠菜子 Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
鼠根菜 Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)