Plant Details

Accepted name:: Opopanax chironium (L.) W.D.J.Koch [Apiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
heilwurz	Other	Timber Press Plant Names (Erhardt et al., 2009)
jāvsheir	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
opopanax	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
جاوشير	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Exudate		Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)

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

Dorema chironium (L.) M.Hiroe Umbell. World: 1587 (1979).
Laserpitium chironium L. Sp. Pl.: 249 (1753).
Malabaila opoponax Baill. Hist. Pl. 7: 186 (1879).
Malabaila orientalis Benth. & Hook.f. ex Arcang. Comp. Fl. Ital.: 296 (1882), nom. superfl.
Maspeton chironium (L.) Raf. Good Book: 58 (1840).
Opopanax bulgaricus Velen. Oesterr. Bot. Z. 52: 51 (1902).
Opopanax chironium subsp. bulgaricus (Velen.) N.Andreev Fl. Nar. Republ. Bulgariya 8: 219 (1982).
Opopanax glaber Bernh. Index Seminum (NKME, Erfordia) 1837: 3 (1837).
Opopanax opopanax (L.) H.Karst. Ill. Repert. Pharm.-Med. Bot.: 847 (1886), not validly publ.
Pastinaca altissima Lam. Fl. Franç. 3: 465 (1779).
Pastinaca opopanax L. Sp. Pl.: 262 (1753).
Peucedanum opopanax (L.) M.Hiroe Umbell. World: 1573 (1979).
Selinum opopanax (L.) Crantz Cl. Umbell. Emend.: 68 (1767).
Siler chironium Crantz Cl. Umbell. Emend.: 69 (1767).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Opopanax chironium	Substances in Medicines, Australia (TGA, 2007) Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Opopanax chironium (L.) W. D. J. Koch	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015)
Opopanax chironium Kch.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Opopanax chironium Koch	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Timber Press Plant Names (Erhardt et al., 2009)

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