Plant Details

Accepted name:: Urtica urens 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:
anjoreh	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
annual nettle	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
aurayais	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
brandnetelwortel	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Urtica spp., rad. (2008)
brennesselblätter	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) EMA Com. Monog.: Urtica spp., fol. (2007)
brennesselkraut	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
brennesselwurzel	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
brennnesselwurzel	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Urtica spp., rad. (2008)
brännässelrot	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Urtica spp., rad. (2008)
brännässleblad	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Urtica spp., fol. (2007)
brændenælderod	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Urtica spp., rad. (2008)
burning nettle	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
csalángyökér	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Urtica spp., rad. (2008)
csalánlevé	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Urtica spp., fol. (2007)
dog nettle	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
dwarf nettle	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
eiternessel	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
english stinging nettle	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
etternässla	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
għerq il-ħurrieq	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Urtica spp., rad. (2008)
hurraikha	Other	Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
hurrayka	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
ishanga negra	Other	Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
kleine brennessel	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
kopřivový kořen	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Urtica spp., rad. (2008)
korenina koprive	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Urtica spp., rad. (2008)
korzeń pokrzywy	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Urtica spp., rad. (2008)
kurras	Other	Trad. Med. in Syria: Folk Med. in Aleppo (Alachkara et al., 2011)
kurras harek	Other	Trad. Med. in Syria: Folk Med. in Aleppo (Alachkara et al., 2011)
larg nettle	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
large nettle	Other	Wild Med. Pl. Jordan (Al-Qura'n, 2009)
lesser nettle	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
lesser stinging nettle	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
neslerot	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Urtica spp., rad. (2008)
nettle	Other	Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000)
nettle herb	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Urtica spp., herb. (2006)
nettle leaf	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) EMA Com. Monog.: Urtica spp., fol. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
nettle root	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Urtica spp., rad. (2008)
nettle-root	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
nokkonen, juuri	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Urtica spp., rad. (2008)
nõgesejuur	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Urtica spp., rad. (2008)
nātru saknes	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Urtica spp., rad. (2008)
ortica minore	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
ortica piccola	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
ortica radice	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Urtica spp., rad. (2008)
ortie	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ortie (feuille d’)	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Urtica spp., fol. (2007)
ortie (racine d')	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Urtica spp., rad. (2008)
ortie brulante	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
ortie brûlante	Other	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
ortiga	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007) Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
ortiga negra	Other	Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
ortiga, raíz de	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Urtica spp., rad. (2008)
ou qian ma	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
oxynítta	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
petite ortie	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
pŕhľavový koreň	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Urtica spp., rad. (2008)
qurayais	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
radix urticae	Pharmaceutical	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
rădăcină de urzică	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Urtica spp., rad. (2008)
sha'reláguz	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
sha’reláguz	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
sknítha	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
small nettle	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
small stinging nettle	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
stinging nettle	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
tsikníththa	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
tsouknítha	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
tsouknítha mikrí	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
urtica urens	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
urtica urens herb for homoeopathic preparations	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
urticae folium	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) EMA Com. Monog.: Urtica spp., fol. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
urticae herba	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) EMA Com. Monog.: Urtica spp., herb. (2006)
urticae radix	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) EMA Com. Monog.: Urtica spp., rad. (2008)
urticae-radix	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
urtiga, raiz	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Urtica spp., rad. (2008)
urtiga-branca	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
urtiga-menor	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
urtiga-queimadeira	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
xynítha	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
ısırgan	Other	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
μικρή τσουκνίθα	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
ξυνίθα	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
οξυνίττα	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
ρίζα κνίδης	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Urtica spp., rad. (2008)
σκνίθα	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
τσικνίθα	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)
коприва, корен	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Urtica spp., rad. (2008)
انجره	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
حريقة	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
حريق‬	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
عريص	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
قراص	Other	Trad. Med. in Syria: Folk Med. in Aleppo (Alachkara et al., 2011)
قراص حارق	Other	Trad. Med. in Syria: Folk Med. in Aleppo (Alachkara et al., 2011)
قريص	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
‫قريص عادي	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaf, flower		British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
Root, leaf		Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007)
whole plant, root		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
folium		EMA Com. Monog.: Urtica spp., fol. (2007)
herba		EMA Com. Monog.: Urtica spp., herb. (2006)
radix		EMA Com. Monog.: Urtica spp., rad. (2008)
Leaf		Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000)
root, rhizome	dried roots and rhizomes	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
Seed		Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
aerial part		Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
above ground parts, tender tops, leaf		Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
Leaves		Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
root, aerial part, entire plant, flower, leaf, stem, seed		Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
root and rhizome	dried root and rhizome	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
herb, root		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
leaf	whole or cut dried leaves	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
rhizome, root	dried root and rhizome	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008)
leaf	whole or cut dried leaf	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
aerial parts		Wild Med. Pl. Jordan (Al-Qura'n, 2009)
roots, rhizomes	dried roots, dried rhizomes	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
leaf	Whole or cut dried leaves	European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
rhizome, root	dried roots and rhizomes	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 10 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Urtica atlantica Blume Mus. Bot. 2: 149 (1856).
Urtica cubensis Klotzsch ex Herder Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1858: 38 (1859).
Urtica minor Lam. Fl. Franç. 2: 194 (1779).
Urtica minor Garsault Fig. Pl. Méd.: t. 637b (1764), opus utique rej.
Urtica monoica Gilib. Exerc. Phyt. 2: 450 (1792), opus utique oppr.
Urtica ovalifolia Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 4: 372 (1812).
Urtica parvula Blume Mus. Bot. 2: 150 (1856).
Urtica quadristipulata Dulac Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées: 150 (1867).
Urtica trianae Rusby Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 4: 319 (1907).
Urtica urens var. lanceolata E.Nilsson Bot. Not. 1924: 261 (1924).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Urtica urens	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997) Med. Pl. in Russia & C Asia (Mamedov et al., 2005) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Urtica urens L	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008)
Urtica urens L.	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) EMA Com. Monog.: Urtica spp., fol. (2007) EMA Com. Monog.: Urtica spp., herb. (2006) EMA Com. Monog.: Urtica spp., rad. (2008) Ethnobot. in W Granada Province, Spain (Benítez et al., 2010) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013) Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998) Med. Pl. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene et al., 2007) Med. Pl. in N Israel (Dafnia et al., 1984) Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019) Med. Pl. in the Med.: Project Rubia (Gonzalez-Tejero et al., 2008) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) Trad. Med. in Syria: Folk Med. in Aleppo (Alachkara et al., 2011) Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) Wild Med. Pl. Jordan (Al-Qura'n, 2009) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Urtica urens Linnaeus	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Urtica urens Linné	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)

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