Plant Details

Accepted name:: Frasera caroliniensis Walter [Gentianaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
american columbo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

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Kew's taxonomic resources include 5 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Frasera officinalis Barton Fl. Virgin.: 49 (1812).
Frasera verticillata Raf. Med. Fl. 1: 196 (1828).
Frasera walteri Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 97 (1803).
Swertia carolinensis (Walter) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 430 (1891).
Swertia frasera Sm. in A.Rees, Cycl. 34: n.° 3 (1816).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Frasera carolinensis	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Frasera carolinensis Walter	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Frasera caroliniensis Walt.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Frasera caroliniensis Walter	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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