Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cistanche tubulosa (Schenk) Wight ex Hook.f. [Orobanchaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
basul	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
beaphor	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
broom rape	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
broomrape	Other	Wild Med. Pl. Jordan (Al-Qura'n, 2009)
cistanche herb	Other	Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
cistanche tubulosa whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
cistanches herba	Pharmaceutical	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
cistanchis herba	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)
desert-living cistanche	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)
desertliving cistanche	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010)
dhanoun	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
dhanun	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994) Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
herba cistanches	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
lonki ka mula	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lonki mulo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
louki-mula	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rou cong rong	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)
roucongrong	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
tarthouth	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
thanbuh al-ard	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
thanoon	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
tharthur	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
thoa’noon	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
zib al zumal	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
ثرثور	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
ثعنون	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
دحنزن	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
ذنبوح الارض	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
طرثوث	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
‫هالوك‬	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
ニクジュヨウ	Other	Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
管花肉蓯蓉	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021)
肉蓯蓉	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
stem	dried fleshy stem with scales	Pharmacop. of China (2010)
fleshy stem with scale leaves	dried fleshy stem with scale leaves	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
Leaves, stems, flowers		Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
stem, leaf	dried fleshy stem with scale leaves	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)
stem, leaf	dried fleshy stem with scale leaves	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021)
stout stem		Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
stems, all the plant		Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
stem	dried fleshy stem with scales	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
aerial parts		Wild Med. Pl. Jordan (Al-Qura'n, 2009)
stem		Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 12 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Phelypaea tubulosa Schenk Pl. Spec. Schubert: 23 (1840).
Cistanche calotropidis (Edgew.) Beck Biblioth. Bot. 4: 266 (1890).
Cistanche lutea Wight Icon. Pl. Ind. Orient. 4(3): 4 (1849), sensu auct.
Cistanche tubulosa f. albiflora Gilli Publ. Cairo Univ. Herb. 5: 87 (1972 publ. 1974).
Cistanche tubulosa var. albiflora (Gilli) Hadidy in L.Boulos, Fl. Egypt Checklist: 141 (1995).
Cistanche tubulosa subsp. palustris S.Dutta, H.Rodrigues & Chakral J. Econ. Taxon. Bot. 42: 32 (2018 publ. 2019).
Cistanche tubulosa var. tomentosa Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 4: 324 (1884).
Lathraea quinquefida Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 111 (1775).
Orobanche calotropidis Edgew. J. Bot. (Hooker) 2: 285 (1840).
Orobanche insignis E.D.Clarke Travels Eur. Asia & Africa 3: 42 (1813).
Phelypaea calotropidis Walp. Repert. Bot. Syst. 3: 462 (1844).
Phelypaea insignis (E.D.Clarke) Dumort. Comment. Bot.: 18 (1822).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cistanche tobulosa (Schenk) Wight	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
Cistanche tubulosa	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
Cistanche tubulosa (Schenk) Wight	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998) 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)
Cistanche tubulosa (Schenk) Wight ex Hook.F.	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
Cistanche tubulosa (Schenk) Wight ex Hook.f.	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2025) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2022 (WHO-UMC, 2022) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Cistanche tubulosa (Schenk)Hook.f.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Cistanche tubulosa (Schenk.) Hook.f.	Med. Herbs Israel (Said et al., 2002)
Cistanche tubulosa (Schenk.) Hooker f.	Wild Med. Pl. Jordan (Al-Qura'n, 2009)
Cistanche tubulosa (Schrenk) Wight	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010)
Cistanche tubulosa (Schrenk.) Wight	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
Cistanche tubulosa Wight	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Phelipaea tubulosa Schenk	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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