Plant Details

Accepted name:: Pogostemon cablin (Blanco) Benth. [Lamiaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
agastache	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
bǎi cǎo lì	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
cablan	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cablin patch oils	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
cablin patchouli	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
cablin patchouli herb	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010)
daun dilem	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
dhalum wangi	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
dilem	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
dào shǒu xiāng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
guang huo siang	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
guang huo xiang	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
guanghuoxiang	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
guanghuoxiangyou	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
guănghuòxiāng	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
guǎng huò xiāng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
herba agastachis	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
herba pogostemonis	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
hoắc hương	Other	Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
huo xiang	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
huò xiāng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
indrannanes	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
kabling	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
katir paccai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattam	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
nilam	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
oil of patchouli	Other	ISO Catalogue (2009)
oleum pogostemonis	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
paachi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
paanari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
pachi	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
pachulí	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
paci	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pakchouli	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
patchouli	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) ISO Catalogue (2009) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitão et al., 2014) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
patchouli folium	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
patchouli oil plant	Other	Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
patchouli-plant	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
patchoulia aetheroleum	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
patchouly	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
patchuli	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
patschulistrauch	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
patyori	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
peitcha pat	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
phimsen	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
pogostemon herb	Other	Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
pogostemoni herba	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
pogostemonis herba	Pharmaceutical	Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
pokok nilam	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sion	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
thanat-pyit-see	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
tilam wangi	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
zhī xiāng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
カッコウ	Other	Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
到手香	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
广藿香	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011)
廣藿香	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
枝香	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
百草利	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
藿香	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
aerial parts	dried aerial parts	Pharmacop. of China (2010)
aerial part	dried aerial part	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
aerial part	dried aerial part	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
whole shoot system		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Leaf		Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
leaves	oil	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
terrestrial part		Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
whole plant except the roots		Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
aboveground parts		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
leaf	essential oil	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Stems, leaves		Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
Leaf		Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
aerial parts	dried aerial parts	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
	oil	ISO Catalogue (2009)
leaf	essential oil	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
Leaf		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
aerial parts		Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
terrestrial part		Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012)
aerial part		Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

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

Mentha cablin Blanco Fl. Filip.: 473 (1837).
Pogostemon hortensis Backer ex K.Heyne Nutt. Pl. Ned.-Ind. 4: 129 (1917).
Pogostemon patchouly Pellet.-Saut. Mém. Soc. Sci. Phys. Orléans 5: 277 (1845).
Mentha auricularia Blanco Fl. Filip., ed. 2.: 329 (1845), sensu auct.
Pogostemon battakianus Ridl. J. Malayan Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 1: 85 (1923).
Pogostemon comosus Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 2: 963 (1859).
Pogostemon heyneanus var. patchouly (Pellet.-Saut.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 529 (1891).
Pogostemon javanicus Backer ex Adelb. Reinwardtia 3: 150 (1954).
Pogostemon mollis Hassk. Tijdschr. Natuurl. Gesch. Physiol. 10: 126 (1843).
Pogostemon nepetoides Stapf Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1908: 116 (1908).
Pogostemon nepetoides var. glandulosus Merr. Philipp. J. Sci., C 7: 347 (1912).
Pogostemon tomentosus Hassk. Cat. Hort. Bot. Bogor. Alt.: 131 (1844).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Mentha cablin Blanco	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Pogostemon cablin	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Pogostemon cablin (Bianco) Benth.	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Pogostemon cablin (Blanco) Bent.	Neuraminidase Inhib. Med. Pl. in Lingnan TCM (Liu et al., 2018)
Pogostemon cablin (Blanco) Benth	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Pogostemon cablin (Blanco) Benth.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) GAP Prod. of TCM Herbs in China (Zhang et al., 2010) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) ISO Catalogue (2009) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitão et al., 2014) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008) 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) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Pogostemon cablin (Blanco) Bentham	Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Pogostemon cablin (Blanco) Bth.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Pogostemon cablin (Blanco)Benth.	TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011)
Pogostemon cablin (Blanco.) Bth.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Pogostemon cablin Benth.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Pogostemon cablin Bentham	Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
Pogostemon coblin (Blanco) Benth.	SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015)
Pogostemon hortensis	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Pogostemon hortensis Backer ex K.Heyne	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Pogostemon patchhouli	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Pogostemon patchouli	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
Pogostemon patchouly Pellet.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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