Plant Details

Accepted name:: Pelargonium sidoides DC. [Geraniaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
geranium	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Pelargonium spp., rad. (2010)
għerq tal-ġeranju	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Pelargonium spp., rad. (2010)
kalwerbossie	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
korenina pelargonije	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Pelargonium spp., rad. (2010)
korzeń pelargonii	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Pelargonium spp., rad. (2010)
muskátligyökér	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Pelargonium spp., rad. (2010)
muškátový koreň	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Pelargonium spp., rad. (2010)
mörk pelargon	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
pelargonierod	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Pelargonium spp., rad. (2010)
pelargonii radix	Pharmaceutical	EMA Com. Monog.: Pelargonium spp., rad. (2010) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
pelargonijas saknes	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Pelargonium spp., rad. (2010)
pelargonijų šaknys	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Pelargonium spp., rad. (2010)
pelargonio radice	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Pelargonium spp., rad. (2010)
pelargonio, raíz	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)
pelargonio, raíz de	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Pelargonium spp., rad. (2010)
pelargoniový kořen	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Pelargonium spp., rad. (2010)
pelargonium root	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) EMA Com. Monog.: Pelargonium spp., rad. (2010) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
pelargonium sidoides	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
pelargonium sidoides root	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
pelargoniumrot	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Pelargonium spp., rad. (2010)
pelargoniumwurzel	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Pelargonium spp., rad. (2010)
pelargonrot	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Pelargonium spp., rad. (2010)
pelargoonijuur	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Pelargonium spp., rad. (2010)
pelargónio, raiz	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Pelargonium spp., rad. (2010)
pelaroonijuur	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Pelargonium spp., rad. (2010)
pélargonium (racine de)	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Pelargonium spp., rad. (2010)
rabas	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
rabassam	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
rooirabas	Other	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
south african geranium	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
umcka	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
umckaloabo	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Trad. Med. in Africa (Mahomoodally, 2013) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
пеларгониум, корен	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Pelargonium spp., rad. (2010)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
underground organs		British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
Roots		Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
radix		EMA Com. Monog.: Pelargonium spp., rad. (2010)
underground organs	dried underground organs	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
ROOT		Trad. Med. in Africa (Mahomoodally, 2013)
root		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
root	dried, usually fragmented, underground organs	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
underground parts	dried, usually fragmented, underground organs	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
rhizome	dried tuberous rhizomes	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
underground parts	Dried, usually fragmented, underground organs	European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
órganos subterráneos secos, generalmente fragmentados		Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 7 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cortusina sidifolia (Thunb.) Eckl. & Zeyh. Enum. Pl. Afric. Austral.: 77 (1835).
Geraniospermum sidifolium (Thunb.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 32 (1898).
Geranium sidifolium Thunb. Prodr. Pl. Cap.: 114 (1800).
Pelargonium purpurascens Eeden ex Hoffmanns. Verz. Pfl.-Kult.: 96 (1824), nom. illeg.
Pelargonium rigidum H.L.Wendl. ex Hoffmanns. Verz. Pfl.-Kult.: 96 (1824), nom. illeg.
Pelargonium spectabile Sweet Geraniaceae: t. 136 (1822).
Pelargonium spectabile Link Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 2: 192 (1822), nom. illeg.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Pelargonium sidoides	Med. Fitoterápicos no Brasil (Carvalho et al., 2008) Med. Pl. and Extracts Market News Service (Brinkmann et al., 2009)
Pelargonium sidoides DC	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) EMA Com. Monog.: Pelargonium spp., rad. (2010) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
Pelargonium sidoides DC.	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Trad. Med. in Africa (Mahomoodally, 2013) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Pelargonium sidoides Dc.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

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