Plant Details

Accepted name:: Gentiana scabra Bunge [Gentianaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 3

Gentiana scabra var. kitadakensis (N.Yonez.) Halda

Gentiana scabra var. scabra

Gentiana scabra var. buergeri (Miq.) Maxim. ex Franch. & Sav.

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
chinese gentian	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
chinese gentian root	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
dancao	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
gentian root and rhizome	Other	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
gentianae radix et rhizoma	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
gentianae scabrae radix	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
gentianae scabrae radix et rhizoma	Pharmaceutical	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
gentianae scabrae radix pulverata	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
japanese gentian	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
klasegentiana	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kudancao	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
long dan	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
long dan cao	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
longdan	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
longdancao	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
powdered japanese gentian	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
radix et rhizoma gentianae	Pharmaceutical	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
radix gentianae scabrae	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
scabrous gentian	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
tourindou	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
リュウタン	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
リュウタン末	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
龍膽	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
龙胆	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011)
龙胆草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
rhizome, root	dried root and rhizome	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
root and rhizome	dried root and rhizome	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
root and rhizome	dried root and rhizome	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
root, rhizome		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
root & rhizome		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
root and rhizome	dried root and rhizome	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
rhizome, root	dried root and rhizome	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
rhizome, root	rhizome, root	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006)
root and rhizome		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
root, rhizome		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
root and rhizome		Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)
root, rhizome		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 1 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Dasystephana scabra (Bunge) J.Sojak Čas. Nár. Mus., Odd. Přír. 148: 200 (1979 publ. 1980).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Gentiana scabra	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Gentiana scabra Bge.	GAP Prod. of TCM Herbs in China (Zhang et al., 2010) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011)
Gentiana scabra Bunge	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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