Plant Details

Accepted name:: Podophyllum hexandrum Royle [Berberidaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
'ol mo se	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
a ga mie le	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Tibetans in Shangri-La, Yunnan (Liu et al., 2009)
bakra-chimyaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bakrachimyaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ban bhanta	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
ban kakhri	Other	Med. Pl. in Alpine and Sub-Alpine Pakistan (Kayani et al., 2015)
ban kakri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ban kakru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bana-kakari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
bankakari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bankakhdi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bankakhri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bankakri	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Threatened Med. Pl. of Kashmir, India (Lone et al., 2014)
bankakrri	Other	Sustainable Use of Med. & Arom. Pl. Pakistan (Sher et al., 2017)
bankakru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bankarkatee	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bankarr	Other	High Value Med. Pl. to Pakistani Communities (Sher et al., 2014)
banwagan	Other	Threatened Med. Pl. of Kashmir, India (Lone et al., 2014)
bhavanbakra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
charpu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
common sinopodophyllum fruit	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010)
dong na long dong	Other	Wild Pl. Used by Lhoba People, Tibet (Li et al., 2015)
fructus podophylli	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
gangora	Other	Med. Pl. in Mountainous Chail Valley, Pakistan (Ahmad et al., 2014)
ghee	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gheechharpu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
giriparpata	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
himalaya-maiapfel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
himalayan may apple	Other	Med. Pl. of Khumbu Region Nepal (Rawal et al., 2009) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
himalayan mayapple	Other	Commonly Traded CITES-Listed Spp. in Primer (AHPA, 2013) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
hint podofili	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
indian podophyllum	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
indian podophyllum leaves	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
indiskt fotblad	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kakora	Other	Med. Pl. & Consv. Status, Shangla, Pakistan (Razzaq et al., 2015) Med. Pl. of Utror-Gabral Valleys, Pakistan (Hamayun et al., 2003) NTFPS in Swat, Pakistan (Latif et al., 2006) Non-Timber Forest Prod. in Swat, Pakistan (Bilal et al., 2020) Pl. of Shawar Valley, Pakistan (Hussain et al., 2006) Sustainab. of Ethno-Med. Uses, N Pakistan (Adnan et al., 2006) Wild Pl. of Dughalgay Valley, Pakistan (Zeb et al., 2013)
kakorra	Other	Ethnobot. of Pl. Resources, N Pakistan (Sher & Hussain, 2009) Folk Med. Knwlg. & Consv., Swat, Pakistan (Hamayun et al., 2006) Med. Pl. in Mountainous Chail Valley, Pakistan (Ahmad et al., 2014) Sustainable Use of Med. & Arom. Pl. Pakistan (Sher et al., 2017)
laghu patra	Other	Med. Pl. of Khumbu Region Nepal (Rawal et al., 2009) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
laghupattra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
may apple	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
nibishi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nirbash	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nn	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paadbal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paapraa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
paapri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
padwal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
padwel	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
papra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
papri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
patvel	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
pilijati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
podofill gimalajskij	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
podofill indijskij	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
podophyllin	Other	British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
podophyllum	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
podophyllum resin	Other	British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacop. 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
pomme de mai	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sinopodophyll fructus	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2010)
sinopodophylli fructus	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2015)
tao er qi	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
vakra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
van kakdo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vanatrapusi	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vanavrntaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vankakdi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vankakhharu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
venivel	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
xiao ye lian	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
xiaoyelian	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
öl mo sé	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
འོལ་མོ་སེ།	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
小叶莲	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
桃儿七	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
fruit	dried ripe fruit	Pharmacop. of China (2010)
rhizome, root	resin	British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
Root		High Value Med. Pl. to Pakistani Communities (Sher et al., 2014)
Rhizome		Med. Pl. of Utror-Gabral Valleys, Pakistan (Hamayun et al., 2003)
Roots		Med. Pl. in Alpine and Sub-Alpine Pakistan (Kayani et al., 2015)
Roots		Med. Pl. in Mountainous Chail Valley, Pakistan (Ahmad et al., 2014)
Fruits		Wild Pl. Used by Lhoba People, Tibet (Li et al., 2015)
Rhizome	Dried rhizome	Non-Timber Forest Prod. in Swat, Pakistan (Bilal et al., 2020)
Fruits, seeds, rhizome		Med. Pl. & Consv. Status, Shangla, Pakistan (Razzaq et al., 2015)
rhizomes		Sustainable Use of Med. & Arom. Pl. Pakistan (Sher et al., 2017)
Rhizome		Ethnobot. of Pl. Resources, N Pakistan (Sher & Hussain, 2009)
rhizome		Wild Pl. of Dughalgay Valley, Pakistan (Zeb et al., 2013)
Rhizome		NTFPS in Swat, Pakistan (Latif et al., 2006)
Rhizome		Folk Med. Knwlg. & Consv., Swat, Pakistan (Hamayun et al., 2006)
rhizome		Sustainab. of Ethno-Med. Uses, N Pakistan (Adnan et al., 2006)
roots, fruits	Ripe fruit juice, Ripe fruit	Threatened Med. Pl. of Kashmir, India (Lone et al., 2014)
rhizome, root		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
root, rhizome, fruit		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
rhizome		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
fruit	dried ripe fruit	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
rhizome, root	resin	British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
Fruit, Root		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 22 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Podophyllum emodi Wall. ex Honigberger Thirty-five years in the East 2: 235, 329 (1852).
Podophyllum emodi var. chinense Sprague Bot. Mag. 146: t. 8850 (1920).
Podophyllum emodi var. jaeschkei R.Chatterjee & Mukerjee Rec. Bot. Surv. India 16(2): 47 (1953).
Podophyllum sikkimense R.Chatterjee & Mukerjee Rec. Bot. Surv. India 16(2): 48 (1953).
Sinopodophyllum emodi (Wall. ex Honigberger) T.S.Ying Acta Phytotax. Sin. 17(1): 16 (1979).
Sinopodophyllum hexandrum (Royle) T.S.Ying Vasc. Pl. Hengduan Mount. 1: 558 (1993).
Dysosma emodi (Wall. ex Honigberger) M.Hiroe Pl. Basho's & Buson's Hokku Lit. 8: 328 (1973).
Podophyllum emodi var. axillare R.Chatterjee & Mukerjee Rec. Bot. Surv. India 16(2): 46 (1953).
Podophyllum emodi var. bhootanense R.Chatterjee & Mukerjee Rec. Bot. Surv. India 16(2): 46 (1953).
Podophyllum emodi var. hexandrum (Royle) R.Chatterjee & Mukerjee Rec. Bot. Surv. India 16(2): 45 (1953).
Podophyllum emodi var. royleana Wall. ex Sprague Bot. Mag. 146: t. 8850 (1920).
Podophyllum hexandrum var. axillare (R.Chatterjee & Mukerjee) Browicz Fl. Iranica 101: 2 (1973).
Podophyllum hexandrum var. bhootanense (R.Chatterjee & Mukerjee) Browicz Fl. Iranica 101: 2 (1973).
Podophyllum hexandrum var. chinense (Sprague) Stearn ex Cubey Hanburyana 3: 81 (2008).
Podophyllum hexandrum var. emodi (Wall. ex Honigberger) Seliv.-Gor. Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 54: 1605 (1969).
Podophyllum hexandrum var. jaeschkei (R.Chatterjee & Mukerjee) Browicz Fl. Iranica 101: 2 (1973).
Podophyllum hexandrum var. sikkimense (R.Chatterjee & Mukerjee) R.C.Srivast. Fl. Sikkim, Ran.-Morin.: 62 (1998).
Podophyllum himalayense Le Maout & Decne. Traité Général Bot.: 377 (1868), nom. nud.
Podophyllum leichtlinii Langlet Svensk Bot. Tidskr. 22: 176 (1928), nom. nud.
Sinopodophyllum hexandrum var. chinense (Sprague) Stearn ex J.M.H.Shaw & Cubey Hanburyana 4: 37 (2009).
Sinopodophyllum hexandrum var. emodi (Wall. ex Honigberger) J.M.H.Shaw Hanburyana 4: 36 (2009).
Sinopodophyllum hexandrum subsp. ramgopalii D.Maity, J.Ghosh & Midday Nordic J. Bot. 37(3)-e02181: 2 (2019).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Podophyllum emodi	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Podophyllum emodi Wall	Pl. of Shawar Valley, Pakistan (Hussain et al., 2006)
Podophyllum emodi Wall ex Hook. fil. & Thoms. var. jaeschkei Chatterjee & Mukherjee	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Podophyllum emodi Wall.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Sustainab. of Ethno-Med. Uses, N Pakistan (Adnan et al., 2006)
Podophyllum emodi Wall. Ex Royle.	Wild Pl. of Dughalgay Valley, Pakistan (Zeb et al., 2013)
Podophyllum emodi Wall. ex Honig.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017)
Podophyllum emodi Wall. ex Royle	Med. Pl. in Mountainous Chail Valley, Pakistan (Ahmad et al., 2014) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Podophyllum emodi Wallich	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Podophyllum emodi Wallich var. chinensis Sprague	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Podophyllum emodii	NTFPS in Swat, Pakistan (Latif et al., 2006)
Podophyllum emodii Wall.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Podophyllum emodii Wall. var. chinense Spargue	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Podophyllum hexandrum	Commonly Traded CITES-Listed Spp. in Primer (AHPA, 2013) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998) Impact of Cult. of Med. Pl. on Biodiversity (Schippmann et al., 2002) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. of Utror-Gabral Valleys, Pakistan (Hamayun et al., 2003) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Non-Timber Forest Prod. in Swat, Pakistan (Bilal et al., 2020)
Podophyllum hexandrum Royle	British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacop. 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Ethnobot. of Pl. Resources, N Pakistan (Sher & Hussain, 2009) Folk Med. Knwlg. & Consv., Swat, Pakistan (Hamayun et al., 2006) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. in Alpine and Sub-Alpine Pakistan (Kayani et al., 2015) Med. Pl. of Khumbu Region Nepal (Rawal et al., 2009) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) Sustainab. of Ethno-Med. Uses, N Pakistan (Adnan et al., 2006) Threatened Med. Pl. of Kashmir, India (Lone et al., 2014) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) 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)
Podophyllum hexandrum Royle Ying	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010)
Podophyllum hexandrum Royle,	Sustainab. of Ethno-Med. Uses, N Pakistan (Adnan et al., 2006)
Podophyllum hexandrum Royle.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Podophyllum hexandrum Wall.	Med. Pl. & Consv. Status, Shangla, Pakistan (Razzaq et al., 2015)
Podophyllum sikkimensis R. Chatterji & Mukerjee.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Podophyllum sikkimensis R.Chatterjee & S.M. Mukerjee	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Sinopodophyllum emodi (Wall.)	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Sinopodophyllum emodii (Wall.) Ying	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Sinopodophyllum hexandrum (Royle) T. S. Ying	Sustainable Use of Med. & Arom. Pl. Pakistan (Sher et al., 2017)
Sinopodophyllum hexandrum (Royle) T.S. Ying	Med. Pl. Used by Tibetans in Shangri-La, Yunnan (Liu et al., 2009) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Sinopodophyllum hexandrum (Royle) T.S.Ying	High Value Med. Pl. to Pakistani Communities (Sher et al., 2014) Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
Sinopodophyllum hexandrum (Royle) Ying	Pharmacop. of China (2015) Wild Pl. Used by Lhoba People, Tibet (Li et al., 2015) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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