Plant Details

Accepted name:: Urtica pilulifera L. [Urticaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
anjareh	Other	Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
anjoreh	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
anjuraa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
bichu booti	Other	Med. Floral Knwlg. of Sarban Hills, Pakistan (Ijaz et al., 2016)
gezgeze	Other	Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
nettle	Other	Healing Potential of Med. Pl., Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2000) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
oxyníttaímeri	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
qerês	Other	Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
quras	Other	Ethnobot. of Pl. in N Jordan (Nawash et al., 2014)
roman nettle	Other	Food Pl. in Seven Circum-Medit. Areas (Hadjichambis et al., 2009) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
sknítha	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
tsouknítha	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
tsouknítha megáli	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
ısırgan tohumu	Other	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
μεγάλη τσουκνίθα	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
σκνίθα	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
τσουκνίθα	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
أنجر	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
انجره	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
قارص‬	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
‫قريص	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Seed		Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
Folium		Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
Seed		Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000)
Roots		Med. Floral Knwlg. of Sarban Hills, Pakistan (Ijaz et al., 2016)
Seed		Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
leaves		Food Pl. in Seven Circum-Medit. Areas (Hadjichambis et al., 2009)
tender shoot, leaf		Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
tender tops, leaf, fruit		Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
leaves, stem		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
seed		Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 13 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Urtica balearica L. Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 1265 (1759).
Urtica chesneyana Blume Mus. Bot. 2: 153 (1856).
Urtica convexa Hornem. ex Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 3: 839 (1826).
Urtica cordifolia Moench Methodus: 351 (1794).
Urtica dodartii L. Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 1265 (1759).
Urtica integrifolia Savigny in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 4: 637 (1798).
Urtica pilulifera var. balearica (L.) Willk. & Lange Prodr. Fl. Hispan. 1: 252 (1862).
Urtica pilulifera f. balearica (L.) Webb ex Asch. & Graebn. Fl. Nordostdeut. Flachl.: 606 (1911).
Urtica pilulifera var. dodartii (L.) Eichler Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1882: 20 (1882).
Urtica pilulifera var. dodartii (L.) P.Fourn. Quatre Fl. France: 235 (1935).
Urtica pilulifera var. genuina Willk. in M.Willkomm & J.M.C.Lange, Prodr. Fl. Hispan. 1: 252 (1862), not validly publ.
Urtica romana Bubani Fl. Pyren. 1: 77 (1897).
Urtica romana Garsault Fig. Pl. Méd.: t. 638a (1764), opus utique rej.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Urtica pillulifera	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Urtica pilulifem L.	Med. Pl. in N Israel (Dafnia et al., 1984)
Urtica pilulifera	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
Urtica pilulifera L.	Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011) Ethnobot. of Pl. in N Jordan (Nawash et al., 2014) Food Pl. in Seven Circum-Medit. Areas (Hadjichambis et al., 2009) Healing Potential of Med. Pl., Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Floral Knwlg. of Sarban Hills, Pakistan (Ijaz et al., 2016) Med. Herbs Israel (Said et al., 2002) Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013) Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013) Med. Pl. in the Med.: Project Rubia (Gonzalez-Tejero et al., 2008) Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Urtica pilulifera Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

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