Plant Details

Accepted name:: Arnebia euchroma (Royle ex Benth.) I.M.Johnst. [Boraginaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants
Infraspecies:: 4

Arnebia euchroma subsp. afghanica Sadat

Arnebia euchroma subsp. andarabica Sadat

Arnebia euchroma subsp. euchroma

Arnebia euchroma subsp. grandis (Bornm.) Riedl

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aboukhalsā	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
arnebia	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
arnebia euchroma whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
arnebia root	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)
arnebiae radix	Pharmaceutical	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)
bal-jari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gaozaban	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
groomwell root	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
havachoobeh	Other	Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
havāchoubeh	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
hojouyeh	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
lithosperm	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
lithospermi radix	Pharmaceutical	Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
lithospermum root	Other	Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
radix arnebiae	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
radix arnebiae seu lithospermi	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
ruan zi cao	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
xin jiang zi cao	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
xinjiang arnebia	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
xipexk	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Tajik & Afghan Pamirs (Kassam et al., 2010)
zi cao	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)
zicao	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
zih cao	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)
ابوخلسا	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
هواچوبه	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
هوجویه	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
新疆紫草	Other	Consv. of Endangered Med. Pl. in Arid Desert Region (Lang et al., 2017) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021)
紫草	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)
软紫草	Other	GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root	dried root	Pharmacop. of China (2010)
root	dried root	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Root		Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
root	dried root	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
root		Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
root	dried root	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)
root	dried root	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021)
root		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
root	dried root	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
Root		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
root		Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
root		Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)
root		Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Lithospermum euchromon Royle ex Benth. in J.F.Royle, Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts.: 305 (1836).
Macrotomia euchromon (Royle ex Benth.) Paulsen Bot. Tidsskr. 27: 216 (1906).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Arnebia euchr0ma (Royle) Johnst.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Arnebia euchroma	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Arnebia euchroma (Royle ex Benth.) I.M. Johnston	Med. Pl. Use: Tajik & Afghan Pamirs (Kassam et al., 2010)
Arnebia euchroma (Royle ex Benth.) I.M.Johnst.	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2025) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Arnebia euchroma (Royle) I. M. Johnst.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Arnebia euchroma (Royle) I.M. Johnston	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Arnebia euchroma (Royle) I.M.Johnst.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2024)
Arnebia euchroma (Royle) Johnst.	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Arnebia euchroma (Royle)Johnst.	TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011)
Arnebia euchroma Johnatan	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Arnebia euchroma Johnst	Consv. of Endangered Med. Pl. in Arid Desert Region (Lang et al., 2017)
Arnebia euchroma Johnst.	Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
Lithospermum euchroma Royle	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Macrotomia euchroma	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
Macrotomia euchroma Pauls	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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