Plant Details

Accepted name:: Neopicrorhiza scrophulariiflora (Pennell) D.Y.Hong [Plantaginaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
baal kadoo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
balakadu len	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
figwortflower neopicrorhiza	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
figwortflower picrorhiza rhizome	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010)
gorki	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
hodfing	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
hohwangryun	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
hong-len	Other	Monog. on Med. Pl. of Bhutan, Vol. 2 (2009) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
honglen	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
honkadu	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
hu huang lian	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
huhuanglian	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
hunglen	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
hú huáng lián	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
kaalee kutakee	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kadu	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
kadugurohini	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
kaedaarkadoo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalikutki	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
karru	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
karu picrorhiza	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
karwi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
katthe garba	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katthee garabu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katu	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
katugurohini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katuka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
katuka rohini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
katukaa	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
katukarogani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
katukarohini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
katukarosana	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
katukee	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katuki	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
katukkurohini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katuko	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
katuku rohini	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
katukurohini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katukuroni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katuká	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
katurohini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
katvi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
kaur	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
khanekhaswael	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
kharbaqe-hindi	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
koouren	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
kot kaan phraao	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
kot kaanphraao	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
kour	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
kuraki	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
kurri	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
kuru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
kutakee	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kutaki	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
kutki	Other	Alpine Med. Pl. Trade, Himalaya (Smith Olsen & Overgaard Larsen, 2003) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of Khumbu Region Nepal (Rawal et al., 2009) Med. Pl., Trad. Med., Markets in Nepal (Kunwar et al., 2013) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
kutta	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
neopicrorhizae rhizoma	Pharmaceutical	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
picrorhiza	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
picrorhizae rhizoma	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
rhizoma picrorhizae	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2005) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
rhizoma picrorrhizae	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
rohini	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
sutiktaka	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
tiktarohini	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
xi zang hu huang lian	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
xi zanghu huang lian	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
කටුකරෝසන	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
胡黃連	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
胡黄连	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
rhizome	dried rhizome	Pharmacop. of China (2010)
rhizome		Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Roots, Tuber		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
rhizome	dried rhizome	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
rhizomes		Alpine Med. Pl. Trade, Himalaya (Smith Olsen & Overgaard Larsen, 2003)
rhizomes, roots	dried rhizomes, dried roots	Med. Pl. of Khumbu Region Nepal (Rawal et al., 2009)
rhizome		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
rhizome	dried rhizome	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
rhizome, root	dried rhizome and root	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
Root (Rhizome)		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
Rhizome		Monog. on Med. Pl. of Bhutan, Vol. 2 (2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 1 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Picrorhiza scrophulariiflora Pennell Acad. Nat. Sci. Philadelphia Monogr. 5: 65 (1943).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Neopicrorhiza scrohpularoflora	Med. Pl., Trad. Med., Markets in Nepal (Kunwar et al., 2013)
Neopicrorhiza scrophulariiflora (Pennell) D. Y. Hong	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Neopicrorhiza scrophulariiflora (Pennell) D.Y. Hong	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Neopicrorhiza scrophulariiflora (Pennell) D.Y.Hong	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2021 (WHO-UMC, 2021) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Neopicrorhiza scrophulariiflora (Pennell) Hong	Med. Pl. of Khumbu Region Nepal (Rawal et al., 2009) Monog. on Med. Pl. of Bhutan, Vol. 2 (2009)
Neopicrorhiza scrophulariiflora (Pennenn)Hong	Med. Pl. of Khumbu Region Nepal (Rawal et al., 2009)
Neopicrorhiza scrophulariiflora Hong	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
Neopicrorhiza scrophulariiflora Pennell D.Y. Hong	Alpine Med. Pl. Trade, Himalaya (Smith Olsen & Overgaard Larsen, 2003)
Picrorhiza scrophulariaeflora Pennell.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Picrorhiza scrophulariaefolia	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
Picrorhiza scrophulariiflora	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Picrorhiza scrophulariiflora Pennel	WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Picrorhiza scrophulariiflora Pennell	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Picrorhiza scrophulariiflora Pennell.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Picrorhiza scrophulariifolia	Med. Pl., Consv. & Livelihoods (Hamilton, 2004)
Picrorrhiza scrophulariaeflora Pennell	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Picrorrhiza scrophulariflora	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Picrorrhiza scrophulariflora Pennell	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Picrorrhiza scrophulariiflora Pennell	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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