Plant Details

Accepted name:: Sanicula europaea L. [Apiaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
devekulagi	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
erba fragolina	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
european sanicle	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
sanicle	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
sanicola	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
sanicula	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
sanicula europaea whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
saniculae herba	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
saniculae radix	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
saniculu	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
sanikel	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
sårläka	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
wood marche	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
wood sanicle	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
wood sanicle herb	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
flower, fruit, leaves, root, rhizome		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
herb, root		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 9 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Astrantia diapensia Scop. Fl. Carniol., ed. 2, 1: 186 (1771).
Caucalis capitata Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 2: 64 (1812).
Caucalis sanicula Crantz Stirp. Austr. Fasc. 3: 125 (1767), nom. superfl.
Sanicula europaea var. genuina H.Wolff in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 228: 62 (1913), not validly publ.
Sanicula officinalis Gouan Hortus Monsp.: 131 (1762).
Sanicula officinarum Neck. Delic. Gallo-Belg.: 137 (1768).
Sanicula sylvatica Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 159 (1796), nom. superfl.
Sanicula trilobata Gilib. Fl. Lit. Inch. 2: 6 (1782), opus utique oppr.
Sanicula vulgaris Fr. Summa Veg. Scand.: 24 (1845).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Sanicula europaea	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Sanicula europaea L.	European Red List of Medicinal Pl. (Allen et al., 2014) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2025) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Sanicula europaea Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Sanicula europeae	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)

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