Plant Details

Accepted name:: Pastinaca sativa L. [Apiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 2

Pastinaca sativa subsp. sativa

Pastinaca sativa subsp. urens (Req. ex Godr.) Čelak.

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ou fang feng	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
palsternacka	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
parsnip	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
parsnips	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
pastinaca	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
pastinaca sativa	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
pastinak	Other	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
ray-al-ebel	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
wild parsnip	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
رعي الأبل	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Aerial parts		Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
above ground parts, root, fruit		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
fruit, root		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 4 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Peucedanum sativum (L.) Benth. Student. Fl. Brit. Isl.: 169 (1870).
Anethum pastinaca Wibel Prim. Fl. Werth.: 146 (1799), nom. illeg.
Elaphoboscum sativum (L.) Tabern. ex Rupr. Fl. Ingrica: 462 (1860).
Selinum pastinaca Crantz Stirp. Austr. Fasc. 3: 21 (1767), nom. superfl.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Pastinaca sativa	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Pastinaca sativa L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (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)
Pastinaca sativa Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Pastinacea sativa L.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017)
Peucedanum sativum Benth. et Hook.	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
Pistinaca sativa	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)

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