Plant Details

Accepted name:: Uncaria gambir (W.Hunter) Roxb. [Rubiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ankudu-karra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ankudu-kurra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ankudukurra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
brown cutch	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
cachou	Other	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
catechu	Other, Pharmaceutical	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
chinai katthaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
er cha	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
fufal hindi	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
gambier	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
gambir	Other, Pharmaceutical	Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 1st edn (DKRI, 2008) Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn (DKRI, 2017) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) 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. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
gambir pulveratum	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
ganbir	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kampirceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kath	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kath-thak-kambu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kathkutha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaththakkaambu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattak-kampu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattakkampu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattampucceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khadir	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khadira	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kutha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nn	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
otalai maram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pale catechu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
powdered gambir	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
qafir hindi	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
uncariae gambiris folii extractum siccum	Pharmaceutical	Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 1st edn (DKRI, 2008) Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn (DKRI, 2017)
white cutch	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
zong er cha	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
アセンヤク	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
アセンヤク末	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
兒茶	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
兒茶鉤藤	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
方儿茶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Dried Extract Of Leaf And Twig		U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
leaf		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
twig with leaf	twig with leaf	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
leaves, shoots		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
leaves		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
stem bark, leaf		Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
dry leaves		Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn (DKRI, 2017)
leaves, twigs		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
dried extract of leaf and twig		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
leaf, herb extract		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
leaf, twig	dried aqueous extract	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006)
leaves and young twigs	dried aqueous extract	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
lea, young twig	dried aqueous extract	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
leaves, young twigs	extract from leaves, extract from young twigs	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 7 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cinchona kattukambar J.Koenig ex D.M.Retz. Obs. Bot. Pug.: 11 (1810).
Nauclea gambir W.Hunter Trans. Linn. Soc. London 9: 218 (1808).
Ourouparia gambir (W.Hunter) Baill. Hist. Pl. 7: 350 (1880).
Uncaria gambir var. angulata Wawra Itin. Princ. S. Coburgi 1: 118 (1883).
Uncaria gambir var. latifolia S.Moore J. Bot. 62(Suppl.): 47 (1924).
Uncaria yunnanensis K.C.Hsia Acta Phytotax. Sin. 20: 319 (1982).
Uruparia gambir (W.Hunter) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 301 (1891).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Uncaria Gambir	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Uncaria gambier (Hunter) Roxb.	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Uncaria gambier Roxb.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Uncaria gambir	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Med. Fitoterápicos no Brasil (Carvalho et al., 2008) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Uncaria gambir (Hunter) Roxb.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 1st edn (DKRI, 2008) Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn (DKRI, 2017) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Uncaria gambir (W. Hunter) Roxb.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Uncaria gambir (W.Hunter) Roxb.	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Uncaria gambir Roxb.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Uncaria gambir Roxburgh	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)

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