Plant Details

Accepted name:: Ampelopsis japonica (Thunb.) Makino [Vitaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ampelopsis radix	Pharmaceutical	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
bai lian	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
bailian	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
byakuren	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
báiliăn	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
japanese ampelopsis	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
japanese ampelopsis root	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
japanese peppervine	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
japanische scheinrebe	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kagami-gusa	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
radix ampelopsis	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
vigne vierge du japon	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
白蔹	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
白蔹子	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
白蔽	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
白蘞	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root tuber	dried root tuber	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
Radix		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
root	dried root	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
Tuberous roots		Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
root tuber	dried root tuber	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
root		Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)
root tuber		Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 18 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Paullinia japonica Thunb. in J.A.Murray (ed.), Syst. Veg., ed. 14.: 380 (1784).
Ampelopsis dissecta Koehne Deut. Dendrol.: 400 (1893).
Ampelopsis lucida Carrière Rev. Hort. (Paris) 40: 39 (1868).
Ampelopsis mirabilis Diels & Gilg Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 29: 465 (1900).
Ampelopsis napiformis Carrière Rev. Hort. (Paris) 42: 16 (1870).
Ampelopsis rubricaulis Carrière ex Planch. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 5: 459 (1887).
Ampelopsis serjaniifolia Bunge Enum. Pl. China Bor.: 12 (1833).
Ampelopsis triloba Carrière Rev. Hort. (Paris) 40: 39 (1868).
Ampelopsis tripartita Carrière Rev. Hort. (Paris) 40: 39 (1868).
Ampelopsis tuberosa Carrière Rev. Hort. (Paris) 42: 16 (1870).
Cissus aconitifolia Walp. Repert. Bot. Syst. 1: 441 (1842).
Cissus serjaniifolia (Bunge) Walp. Repert. Bot. Syst. 1: 441 (1842).
Cissus viticifolia Siebold & Zucc. Abh. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. 4(2): 196 (1845).
Cissus viticifolia var. integra Siebold & Zucc. Abh. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. 4(2): 196 (1845).
Cissus viticifolia var. pinnatifida Siebold & Zucc. Abh. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. 4(2): 196 (1845).
Vitis dunniana H.Lév. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 11: 297 (1912).
Vitis pentaphylla Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 1: 91 (1863), nom. illeg.
Vitis serjaniifolia (Bunge) K.Koch Dendrologie 1: 558 (1869).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Amelopsis japonica	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Ampelopsis japonica	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Ampelopsis japonica (Thunb.) Makino	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Ampelopsis japonica (Thunberg) Makino	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Ampelopsis japonica Makino	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Paullinia japonica Thunb.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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