Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ampelopsis radix	Pharmaceutical	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. 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) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
byaku-ren	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
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	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. 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)
mao erh luan	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
pai ken	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
pai lien	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
peh lien	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
radix ampelopsis	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. 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	Pharmacop. 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	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
root		Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002)
root tuber		Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)

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

Ampelopsis serjaniifolia Bunge Enum. Pl. China Bor.: 12 (1833).
Paullinia japonica Thunb. in J.A.Murray (ed.), Syst. Veg., ed. 14.: 380 (1784).
Vitis serjaniifolia (Bunge) K.Koch Dendrologie 1: 558 (1869).
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 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.

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	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) 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) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. 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 Pharmacop. (2002) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024)
Ampelopsis serianaefolia	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
Paullinia japonica Thunb.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Vitis serianaefolia	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
Vitis serjanaefolia	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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