Plant Details

Accepted name:: Centaurea benedicta (L.) L. [Asteraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 2

Centaurea benedicta var. kotschyi (Sch.Bip.) Ghaz.

Centaurea benedicta var. benedicta

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
benedikt aptečnyj	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
benediktendistel	Other	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
benediktenkraut	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
bitterdistel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
blessed thistle	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
cang ye hua	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
carbenia benedicta	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
cardo santo	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
cardo-bento	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cardo-santo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
carduus benedictus	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
chardon béni	Other	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
chardon bénit	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
cnici benedicti herba	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
cnicus	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
holy thistle	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
jì shǔ	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
jú kē	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kardbenedikt	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
knikus blagoslovennyj	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
knikus blagoslovennyy	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
kushkunmas	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
saryq gul	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
shèng jì	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tarmal knikus	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
volchets kudryavyy	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
şevketi bostan	Other	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
圣蓟	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
菊科	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
蓟属	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
whole plant		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Herb		Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
whole shoot system		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
herb		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
upper plant parts		Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)

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

Cnicus benedictus L. Sp. Pl.: 826 (1753).
Calcitrapa benedicta (L.) Sweet Hort. Brit.: 218 (1826).
Calcitrapa lanuginosa Lam. Fl. Franç. 2: 35 (1779), nom. superfl.
Carbeni benedicta (L.) Arcang. Comp. Fl. Ital.: 397 (1882).
Cardosanctus officinalis Bubani Fl. Pyren. 2: 152 (1899), nom. illeg.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Centaurea benedicta (L.) L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Centaurea benedicta (Linnaeus) Linnaeus	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Cnicus benedictus	Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998) Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997) Med. Pl. in Russia & C Asia (Mamedov et al., 2005) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Cnicus benedictus L.	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Cnicus benedictus Linné	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
Cninus benedictus	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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