Plant Details

Accepted name:: Saponaria officinalis L. [Caryophyllaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
binupul	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bouncing bet	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
bouncing bush	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
bouncing-bet	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bouncing-bett	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
bouncingbet	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
bouncingbet soapweed	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
bruisewort	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
common soapwort	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
echtes seifenkraut	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
fei zao cao	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
fuller s herb	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
fuller s-herb	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gewöhnliches seifenkraut	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
hierba japonera	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
ladys-washbowl	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
latherwort	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
myl'njanka lekarstvennaja	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
old-maids-pink	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
red soapwort	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
rote seifenwurzel	Other	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)
sabonsō	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sabunotu	Other	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
saponaire	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
saponaire officinale	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
saponaria	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
saponaria officinalis	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
saponariae herba	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)
saponariae rubrae radix	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
seifenkraut	Other	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)
soap-root	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
soapwort	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
sweet betty	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
sweet william	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
såpnejlika	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
rhizome, root, leaf		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Root		Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
Root		Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000)
root, leaves, sap		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
rhizome, root, herb		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 15 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Lychnis officinalis Scop. Fl. Carniol., ed. 2, 1: 303 (1771).
Lychnis saponaria Jess. Deut. Excurs.-Fl.: 279 (1879).
Bootia saponaria Neck. Hist. & Commentat. Acad. Elect. Sci. Theod.-Palat. 2: 484 (1770).
Bootia vulgaris Neck. Delic. Gallo-Belg. 1: 193 (1768).
Saponaria hybrida Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 2 (1768).
Saponaria nervosa Gilib. Fl. Lit. Inch. 2: 163 (1782), opus utique oppr.
Saponaria officinalis var. convoluta Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 643 (1821 publ. 1822).
Saponaria officinalis var. floribunda Durieu Index Seminum (BORD, Burdigala) 1872: 16 (1873).
Saponaria officinalis var. glaberrima Ser. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 1: 365 (1824).
Saponaria officinalis var. glabrata Lej. & Courtois Comp. Fl. Belg. 2: 83 (1831).
Saponaria officinalis var. plena Sweet Hort. Suburb. Calcutt.: 98 (1818).
Saponaria officinalis var. puberula Rouy & Foucaud Fl. France 3: 152 (1896).
Saponaria officinarum Rupr. Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, Sér. 7, 15(2): 176 (1869).
Saponaria vulgaris Pall. Reise Russ. Reich. 3: 655 (1776).
Silene saponaria Fr. ex Willk. & Lange Prodr. Fl. Hispan. 3: 671 (1878), not validly publ.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Lychnis officinalis	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Lychnis saponaria	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Saponaria officinalis	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
Saponaria officinalis L.	Checklist of Korean Cult. Plants (Mun-Chan et al., 1986) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Saponaria officinalis Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Saponaria officinalis Linnaeus	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Saponaria officinalis Linné	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)
saponaria officinalis L.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)

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