Plant Details

Accepted name:: Paeonia lactiflora Pall. [Paeoniaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bai shao	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
bai shao yao	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Value Chains of Herbal Med. (Booker et al., 2012)
baisao	Other	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
baishao	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
bo-báisháo	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
báisháo	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
bạch thrrợc	Other	Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
chandratharu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chi shao	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
chi shao yao	Other	Value Chains of Herbal Med. (Booker et al., 2012)
chih shao	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
chinese peony	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
chinesische pfingstrose	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
chisao	Other	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
chishao	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
chuan-báisháo	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
common garden peony	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
garden peony	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
hang-báisháo	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
jeogjagyag	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
jukjakyak	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
luktpion	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
mu-shaoyao	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
mudan	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
paeonia species root	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
paeoniae alba	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
paeoniae alba radix	Pharmaceutical	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
paeoniae radix	Pharmaceutical	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) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
paeoniae radix alba	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
paeoniae radix pulverata	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
paeoniae radix rubra	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
paeoniae rubra radix	Pharmaceutical	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
paeony	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
pai shao yao	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
pe-shou	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
peonia	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
peony	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
peony 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) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
pfingstrose	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
pivoine	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
powdered peony root	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
päonie	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
radix paeoniae	Pharmaceutical	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
radix paeoniae alba	Pharmaceutical	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
radix paeoniae rubra	Pharmaceutical	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
radix peoniae rubra	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
red peony	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
red peony root	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
shakuyaku	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
shao yao	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
shaoyao	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
shuoyao	Other	Homegarden Med. Ethnobot. of Naxi in NW Yunnan (Yang et al., 2014)
syakuyaku	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
white peony	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
white peony bark	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
white peony root	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
white peony root for use in thm	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011)
white-flowered peony	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
シャクヤク	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
シャクヤク末	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
白沙糖	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
白芍	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
芍药	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
芍药花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
芍藥	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
赤芍	Other	Consv. of Endangered Med. Pl. in Arid Desert Region (Lang et al., 2017) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
적작약	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root	dried root	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
root		British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
root	root	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
root	dried roots	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
Root		Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
Radix		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Whole plant		Homegarden Med. Ethnobot. of Naxi in NW Yunnan (Yang et al., 2014)
Flower, Root	Sun dried root, Total glycoside extract	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
root	peeled and dried root	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
root		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
root	dried root	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
root with bark, root without bark		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
root		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Roots		Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
Root		Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
root	dried root	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
root	dried whole root	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
root	root	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006)
root		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
root		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
root		Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)
root		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 32 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Paeonia albiflora Pall. Fl. Ross. 1(2): 92 (1789).
Paeonia albiflora var. trichocarpa Bunge Enum. Pl. China Bor.: 3 (1831).
Paeonia lactiflora var. trichocarpa (Bunge) Stern J. Roy. Hort. Soc. 68: 129 (1943).
Paeonia officinalis Thunb. Fl. Jap.: 230 (1784), sensu auct.
Paeonia yui W.P.Fang Acta Phytotax. Sin. 7: 321 (1958).
Paeonia albiflora var. edulis (Salisb.) Pursh in J.Donn, Hortus Cantabrig., ed. 8: 177 (1815).
Paeonia albiflora var. fragrans Sabine Trans. Hort. Soc. London 2: 278 (1817).
Paeonia albiflora f. hirta Regel Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, Sér. 7, 4(4): 13 (1861).
Paeonia albiflora var. humei Sabine Trans. Hort. Soc. London 2: 279 (1817).
Paeonia albiflora f. nuda Nakai J. Jap. Bot. 13: 393 (1937).
Paeonia albiflora f. pilifera Schipcz. Bot. Mater. Gerb. Glavn. Bot. Sada R.S.F.S.R. 2(11-12): 44 (1921).
Paeonia albiflora f. pilosella Nakai J. Jap. Bot. 13: 393 (1937).
Paeonia albiflora var. pottsii D.Don in R.Sweet, Brit. Fl. Gard. 7: t. 351 (1836).
Paeonia albiflora var. pubescens Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 46: 605 (1932).
Paeonia albiflora var. purpurea Korsh. Trudy Glavn. Bot. Sada 12: 302 (1892).
Paeonia albiflora var. spontanea Makino J. Jap. Bot. 5(9): 33 (1928).
Paeonia albiflora var. whitleyi Sabine Trans. Hort. Soc. London 2: 277 (1817).
Paeonia edulis Salisb. Parad. Lond. 2: t. 78 (1807).
Paeonia edulis var. reevesiana Paxton Paxton's Mag. Bot. 1: 197 (1834).
Paeonia edulis var. sinensis Sims Bot. Mag. 42: t. 1768 (1815).
Paeonia fragrans (Sabine) Redouté Choix Plus Belles Fleurs: t. 22 (1827).
Paeonia humei (Sabine) E.Vilm. Fl. Pleine Terre, ed. 3: 892 (1870).
Paeonia lactea Pall. Reise Russ. Reich. 3: 321 (1776), nom. nud.
Paeonia lactiflora var. hirta (Regel) Y.C.Chu Fl. Pl. Herb. Chin. Bor.-Or. 2: 77 (1959).
Paeonia lactiflora f. nuda (Nakai) Kitag. Neolin. Fl. Manshur.: 302 (1979).
Paeonia lactiflora f. pilosella (Nakai) Kitag. Neolin. Fl. Manshur.: 303 (1979).
Paeonia lactiflora var. villosa M.S.Yan & K.Sun Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 12: 325 (1992).
Paeonia lobata Pall. Reise Russ. Reich. 2: 553 (1773), nom. nud.
Paeonia makoya Marnock Floric. Mag. & Misc. Gard. 3: 229 (1839).
Paeonia reevesiana (Paxton) Loudon Suppl. Hort. Brit.: 601 (1850).
Paeonia sinensis Jacques Ann. Fl. Pomone 5: 315 (1837).
Paeonia whitleyi (Sabine) Anon. Garden (London, 1871-1927) 36: 8 (1889).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Paconialactiflora Pall.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Paconialactiflora Pall. var. trichocarpa (Bunge) Stern	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Paeonia albiflora Pall.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Paeonia albiflora Pall. var. trichocarpa Bunge	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Paeonia albiflora White	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Paeonia albiflora White var. trichocarpa Bunge	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Paeonia lactiflora	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Paeonia lactiflora Pall.	Checklist of Korean Cult. Plants (Mun-Chan et al., 1986) Consv. of Endangered Med. Pl. in Arid Desert Region (Lang et al., 2017) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Homegarden Med. Ethnobot. of Naxi in NW Yunnan (Yang et al., 2014) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) Value Chains of Herbal Med. (Booker et al., 2012) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Paeonia lactiflora Pall. var. trichocarpa (Bunge) Stern	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Paeonia lactiflora Pallas	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
Paeonia lactiflora Pallas var. trichocarpa (Bunge) Steam.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Paeonia officinalis Thunb.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Paeonia yui Fang	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Peonia lactiflora Pallas	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)

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