Plant Details

Accepted name:: Lepidium meyenii Walp. [Brassicaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
chilque	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
lepidium meyenii tuber	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
maca	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
macaia	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
mace	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
papa macaia	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
perukarse	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
peruvian ginseng	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
peruvian-ginseng	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaf, Tube, Root		WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
fruit		Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
Tuber		Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 9 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Lepidium affine Wedd. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 5, 1: 284 (1864).
Lepidium gelidum Wedd. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 5, 1: 283 (1864).
Lepidium meyenii var. affine Thell. Neue Denkschr. Schweiz. Naturf. Ges. 41(Abh. 1): 204 (1906).
Lepidium meyenii var. gelidum (Wedd.) Hosseus Bol. Acad. Nac. Ci. Republ. Argent. 26: 101 (1921).
Lepidium meyenii subsp. gelidum (Wedd.) Thell. Neue Denkschr. Schweiz. Naturf. Ges. 41(Abh. 1): 203 (1906).
Lepidium meyenii f. rhombicum Thell. Neue Denkschr. Schweiz. Naturf. Ges. 41(Abh. 1): 203 (1906).
Lepidium meyenii f. rotundatum Thell. Neue Denkschr. Schweiz. Naturf. Ges. 41(Abh. 1): 203 (1906).
Lepidium peruvianum G.Chacón Revista Peru. Biol. 3: 202 (1990).
Lepidium weddellii O.E.Schulz Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 11: 391 (1932).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Lepidium meyenii Walp.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

Lepidium meyenii Walp.

Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017)
GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009)
Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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