Plant Details

Accepted name:: Hydrangea macrophylla (Thunb.) Ser. [Hydrangeaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bigleaf hydrangea	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
bunga tiga bulan	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bā xiān huā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
french hydrangea	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
fěn tuán huā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
hortensia	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
house hydrangea	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
hydrangea	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
lacecap hydrangea	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
mophead hydrangea	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
penny mac	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
sweet hydrangea	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
xiù qiú	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
xiù qiú huā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
xuě qiú huā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
zǐ xiù qiú	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
zǐ yáng huā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
八仙花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
粉团花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
粉團花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
紫绣球	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
紫阳花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
紫陽花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
繡球花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
绣球	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
绣球花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
雪球花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
flower, root, leaf, frond		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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

Hydrangea hortensis Sm. Icon. Pict. Pl. Rar. 2: 12 (1792).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Hyderangea macrophylla (Thunb.) Ser.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Hydrangea hortensis Sieh.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Hydrangea macrophylla	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Hydrangea macrophylla (Thunb.) Ser.	Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Hydrangea macrophylla (Thunb.) Ser. Ex DC.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Hydrangea macrophylla (Thunb.) Seringe	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Hydrangea macrophylla Seringe	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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