Plant Details

Accepted name:: Euphorbia kansui S.L.Liou ex S.B.Ho [Euphorbiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
euphorbia kansui	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
euphorbiae kansui radix	Pharmaceutical	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)
gan suei	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
gan sui	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
gansui	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
gansui root	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
kansui	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
kansui radix	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
radix euphobiae kansui	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
radix kansui	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
甘遂	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root	dried tuber root	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
tuber root	dried tuber root	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
root tuber	dried root tuber	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
root tuber		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
root	dried tuber root	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
root		Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Euphorbia kansui Liou ex S. B. Ho	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Euphorbia kansui Liou ex S.B.Ho	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Euphorbia kansui Liou ex Wang	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)
Euphorbia kansui Liou. mss.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Euphorbia kansui S. L. Liou. Ex S. B. Ho	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Euphorbia kansui S.L.Liou ex S.B.Ho	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Euphorbia kansui T. N. Liou et T. P. Wang	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Euphorbia kansui T. N. Liou ex T. P. Wang	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Euphorbia kansui T.N. Liou ex S.B. Ho	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Euphorbia kansui T.N.Liou ex T.P.Wang	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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