Plant Details

Accepted name:: Rubia tinctorum L. [Rubiaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
'urûq fûa	Other	Med. Pl. Yemen (Fleurentin & Pelt, 1982)
alizari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
alizarin	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
boyacikoku	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
boyechu marena	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
common madder	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013) Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014)
dyer's madder	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
dyer׳s madder	Other	Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014)
european madder	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
fauwa	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
foua	Other	Med. Roots Collected & Traded, Morocco (Ouarghidi et al., 2013)
fovah	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
fuwwah	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
färberröte	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
garanca	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
garance des teinturiers	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
granza	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
indian madder	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
krapp	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
krappwurzel	Other	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)
madder	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013) Med. Pl. in Tajikistan (Williams et al., 2012) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
madder crop	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
madder-gamene	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
madder-ombro	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
majeeth	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
mancitti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
marena krasil'naya	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
monjistha	Other	Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003)
munjit	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
orouq al-sabbaghin	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
rhizomata et radices rubiae	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014)
ronas	Other	Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
ronās	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
rounace	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
rubia	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
rubia de tintes	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
rubia root tincture	Other	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
rubia tinctorum	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
rubiae tinctorum radix	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)
runas	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
ruyan	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013) Med. Pl. in Tajikistan (Williams et al., 2012)
seiyo-akane	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
turkey madder root	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
çöpboya	Other	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
руян	Other	Med. Pl. in Tajikistan (Williams et al., 2012)
روناس	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
عروق الصباغين	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
فواح	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
فوه	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
‫فوة‬	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
Root, Stem		Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
Root, Stem		Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000)
Root		Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
root		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
root		Med. Roots Collected & Traded, Morocco (Ouarghidi et al., 2013)
root		Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
root		WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
all the plant		Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
root		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
root		Med. Pl. Yemen (Fleurentin & Pelt, 1982)
underground parts, roots		Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 14 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Rubia iberica (Fisch. ex DC.) K.Koch Linnaea 24: 463 (1851).
Rubia tinctoria Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 59 (1796), nom. superfl.
Galium rubia E.H.L.Krause in J.W.Sturm, Deutschl. Fl. Abbild., ed. 2. 12: 216 (1904).
Rubia acaliculata Cav. Icon. 2: 75 (1793).
Rubia peregrina subsp. tinctorum (L.) Bonnier & Layens Tabl. Syn. Pl. Vasc. France: 138 (1894).
Rubia sativa Guadagno Bull. Soc. Bot. Ital. 1914: 31 (1914).
Rubia sylvestris Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 2 (1768).
Rubia tinctorum var. culta Alef. Landw. Fl.: 167 (1866).
Rubia tinctorum var. grandifolia K.Koch Linnaea 24: 463 (1851).
Rubia tinctorum var. iberica Fisch. ex DC. Prodr. 4: 589 (1830).
Rubia tinctorum var. latifolia Texidor Revista Progr. Ci. Exact. 18: 617 (1868).
Rubia tinctorum f. petiolaris Sommier & Levier Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 15: 203 (1900).
Rubia tinctorum var. pubescens Ledeb. Fl. Ross. 2: 405 (1844).
Rubia tinctorum var. sativa Pollini Fl. Veron. 1: 165 (1822).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Rubia iberica (Fish. ex DC). С. Koch	Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014)
Rubia tinctoria	Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Rubia tinctoria L.	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Rubia tinctorium	Med. Pl. in Tajikistan (Williams et al., 2012)
Rubia tinctorum	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003) Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002) Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Rubia tinctorum L.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013) Med. Pl. Yemen (Fleurentin & Pelt, 1982) Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998) Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013) Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014) Med. Roots Collected & Traded, Morocco (Ouarghidi et al., 2013) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023) 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)
Rubia tinctorum Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Rubia tinctorum Linné	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)

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