Plant Details

Accepted name:: Menyanthes trifoliata L. [Menyanthaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bitterklee	Other	Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
bitterkleeblätter	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
bog bean	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
bog-bean	Other	Food & Med. in Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbal Sector of Serbia (Stevanovic, 2011)
bog-myrtle	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bogbean	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
bogbean leaf	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
bogbean leaf (en)	Other	Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998)
bogtrefoil	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
buck bean	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
buck-bean	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
buckbean	Other	Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) 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)
common bogbean	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
common buckbean	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
feuilles de ményanthe (fr)	Other	Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998)
fiberklee	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
fieberklee	Other	Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998)
fieberkleeblätter (ge)	Other	Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998)
foglia di trifoglio fibrino (it)	Other	Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998)
folia menyanthidis trifoliatae	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014)
goat’s bean	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
hojas de trebol de agua (sp)	Other	Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998)
marsh trefoil	Other	Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
marsh-clover	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
marsh-trefoil	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
menyanthes	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
menyanthes trifoliata	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
menyanthidis folium	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
menyanthidis folium, trifolii fibrini folium, folia trifolii fibrini	Pharmaceutical	Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998)
menyanthidis trifoliatae folium	Pharmaceutical	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
menyanthis folium	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
ményanthe	Other	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
shi cai	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
trebol de agua	Other	Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998)
trevo aquático	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
trevo dos charcos	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
trevo d´água	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
trifoglio d'acqua	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
trifoglio fibrino	Other	Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998)
trifolii fibrini folium	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
trifolio fibrino	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
trèfle d'eau	Other	Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998)
trèfle d’eau	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
trébol acuático	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
vattenklöver	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
water shamrock	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
water trefoil	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
трилисник	Other	Food & Med. in Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015)
睡菜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
睡菜根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaf		British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
leaf		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Leaf		Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
leaf		Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998)
leaf, rhizome		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
leaf	dried entire or fragmented leaves	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
leaf	dried, entire or fragmented leaf	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
leaf	vegetal drug	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
leaf	Dried, entire or fragmented leaf	European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)

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

Menyanthes americana Sweet Hort. Brit.: 282 (1826).
Menyanthes latifolia Raf. New Fl. 2: 20 (1837).
Menyanthes palustris Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 340 (1821 publ. 1822).
Menyanthes paradoxa Fr. Novit. Fl. Suec. Alt.: 71 (1828).
Menyanthes tridentata Raf. New Fl. 2: 20 (1837).
Menyanthes trifoliata f. brevistyla Aver. in L.V.Averyanov & al., Konsp. Sosud. Rast. Zakaz. Mshinskoe Boloto Leningrad. Oblasti: 91 (1988), no type indicated.
Menyanthes trifoliata f. macrophylla Bolzon Bull. Soc. Bot. Ital. 1908: 8 (1908).
Menyanthes trifoliata f. microphylla Bolzon Bull. Soc. Bot. Ital. 1908: 9 (1908).
Menyanthes trifoliata var. minor Fernald Rhodora 31: 198 (1929).
Menyanthes trifoliata var. paradoxa Fr. Novit. Fl. Svec. 1: 7 (1814).
Menyanthes trifoliata subsp. verna (Raf.) Gervais & M.Parent Ludoviciana 31: 19 (2003).
Menyanthes trifolium Neck. Delic. Gallo-Belg.: 105 (1768).
Menyanthes verna Raf. Med. Fl. 2: 33 (1830).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
MenjXlnthes trifoliata L.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Menyanthes trifoliata	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Herbal Sector of Serbia (Stevanovic, 2011) Med. Pl. in Russia & C Asia (Mamedov et al., 2005) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Menyanthes trifoliata L.	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998) 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) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbal Sector of Serbia (Stevanovic, 2011) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014) 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) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) 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) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Menyanthes trifoliata Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Menyanthes trifoliata Linné	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
Menyanthes trifoliata L.	Food & Med. in Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015)
Mneyanthes trifoliata L.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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