Plant Details

Accepted name:: Lithospermum erythrorhizon Siebold & Zucc. [Boraginaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
arnebia root	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
geng zi cao	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
groomwell root	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
jichi	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
lithospermi radix	Pharmaceutical	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)
lithospermum root	Other	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)
murasaki	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
purple gromwell	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
radix arnebiae seu lithospermi	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
red gromwell	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
red-root gromwell	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
red-root lithospermum	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
redroot lithospermum	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
vorobejnik krasnokornevoj	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
zi cao	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
zicao	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
シコン	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
紫草	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root	dried root	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Root		Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
root		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
root, root		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
root	root	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006)
root		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
root		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
root		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

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

Lithospermum officinale subsp. erythrorhizon (Siebold & Zucc.) Hand.-Mazz. Symb. Sin. 7: 817 (1936).
Lithospermum arvense Thunb. Fl. Jap.: 81 (1784), sensu auct.
Lithospermum murasaki Siebold Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 12: 32 (1830).
Lithospermum officinale var. erythrorhizon (Siebold & Zucc.) Maxim. Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, sér. 3, 17: 411 (1872).
Lithospermum officinale var. japonicum Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 2: 94 (1865).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Lithospermum eryhrorhizon Sieb. et Zuce.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Lithospermum erythrorhizon Sieb. & Zucc.	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Lithospermum erythrorhizon Sieb. et Zucc	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Lithospermum erythrorhizon Sieb. et Zucc.	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Lithospermum erythrorhizon Siebold & Zucc.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Lithospermum erythrorhizon Siebold & Zuccarini	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Lithospermum erythrorhizon Siebold et Zuccarini	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Lithospermum officinale L. subsp. erythrorhizon (Zieb. & Zucc.) Hand.-Mazz.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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