Plant Details

Accepted name:: Picrorhiza kurroa Royle ex Benth. [Plantaginaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
acokarokini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
akutam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
akutarokini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amakkini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
amalaippuntu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anjani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ankutakini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arippuntu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arishta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
aritam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aritarokani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arittai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
arittam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aruttakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aruttam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ashoka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ashokarohini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ashokarohinya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
asokarahini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
asokarohini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
atankam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
atankarokini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
balakadu len	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
cakkaravankam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cakkirankirokani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cakrangi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cakulati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cakulatini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cakulatirokani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cankapunki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cankarokani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cankiparuti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cankupacam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chakraangi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
chakrangi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chitrangi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cirakarokani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cokarokani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhanvantarigrantha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dvijangi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
extractum picrorhizae liquidium	Pharmaceutical	The Indian Pharmacop. List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946)
hellbore	Other	Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003)
hellebore	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Siddha Pharmacop. India, Vol. 1 (2008) Trad. Herb. Remedies for Primary Health Care (WHO SE Asia, 2011) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
hohwangryun	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
hon len	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hon-len	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
honglen	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
honkadu	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
hu huang lien	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
hu wang lien	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
hunglen	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
hú huáng lián	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
iccirokini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
iccirokinicceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
icciyal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
icciyam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
inturokani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
intuvekani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
janani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaandaruhaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kaccam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaccamaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kadoo	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
kadu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Siddha Pharmacop. India, Vol. 1 (2008) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
kadugu rogini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kadugu rohini	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
kadugu-rohini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaduguragini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kadugurogini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kadugurohini	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
kaduk rohini	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Siddha Pharmacop. India, Vol. 1 (2008) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
kadvi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalikutki	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Siddha Pharmacop. India, Vol. 1 (2008) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
kanaruttam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kandaruhkulasadani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanderuha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kankayam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kardi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karoi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karroo	Other	Med. Pl. in Mountainous Chail Valley, Pakistan (Ahmad et al., 2014)
karru	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Siddha Pharmacop. India, Vol. 1 (2008) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
karu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karu picrorhiza	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
karukarohini	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
karunkatukurokani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karuppotam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karuppukkatukurokani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karuppukkatukurokini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karwi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kata ka rokini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katakarokini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katamvara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katavi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katki	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Siddha Pharmacop. India, Vol. 1 (2008) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
kattarohini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
katu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Siddha Pharmacop. India, Vol. 1 (2008) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
katucaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katuka	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Siddha Pharmacop. India, Vol. 1 (2008) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
katuka powder	Other	Trad. Herb. Remedies for Primary Health Care (WHO SE Asia, 2011)
katuka rohini	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Siddha Pharmacop. India, Vol. 1 (2008) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
katuka-rogani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katukaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
katukai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katukaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katukarogani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
katukarohini	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Siddha Pharmacop. India, Vol. 1 (2008) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
katukarosana	Other	Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
katukhurohani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katuki	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003) Siddha Pharmacop. India, Vol. 1 (2008) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
katukikaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
katukkurohini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katuko	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
katuku rohini	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
katuku rokini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katuku-rogani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katuku-roni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katukurogani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katukurohani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katukurokani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katukurokini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katukuroni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katuká	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
katumbhara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katurohani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katurohini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Siddha Pharmacop. India, Vol. 1 (2008) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
katurokani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katurokini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katuroni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katuvili	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katuvilirokini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katuvitittam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katvi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Siddha Pharmacop. India, Vol. 1 (2008) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
kaur	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Siddha Pharmacop. India, Vol. 1 (2008) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
kavittam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kavī	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
kaḍakarōkiṉi	Other	Siddha Pharmacop. India, Vol. 1 (2008)
kaḍukurōkiṇi (rhizome and root)	Other	Siddha Pharmacop. India, Vol. 1 (2008)
kaḍurōkiṉi	Other	Siddha Pharmacop. India, Vol. 1 (2008)
kaṭuka	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kaṭukā (rhizome)	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kaṭurohiṇī	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kedarakatuka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kedarkatuki	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
khanekhaswael	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
kharbaq hindi	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
kharbaq-e-hindi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kharbaqe-hindi	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
kirusnapetam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kirusnapeti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kiruttinapenam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kiruttinapetam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kiruttinapeti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kiruttinapuvikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kisnapetam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kisnapetarokini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kittinapetam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kittipetam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
koouren	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
kot kaan phraao	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
kot kaanphraao	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
kotki	Other	Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003)
koud	Other	Threatened Med. Pl. of Kashmir, India (Lone et al., 2014)
kour	Other	Ethnomed. Pl. of Chamba District, India (Rani et al., 2013) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
krishna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
krishnabheda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
krishnabhedaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kukala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kukalarokini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kukkula	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kukkularokani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kukula	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kulatani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kulatanikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kulatini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kumakki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kumakkirokani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kurri	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
kurroo	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
kuru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
kuruwa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kut	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kutaki	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
kutki	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Commonly Traded CITES-Listed Spp. in Primer (AHPA, 2013) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Siddha Pharmacop. India, Vol. 1 (2008) Threatened Med. Pl. of Kashmir, India (Lone et al., 2014) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
kutta	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
kuttala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuttalarokini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuvatirai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maccipam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
macciyarokani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mahaushadhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
malabhedini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
matsyapitta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
matsyasakala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
matsyashakala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
matsyashakalaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
narannati	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nattukkatukurokani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
oo wong lin	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
patumatam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
picrorh.	Other	The Indian Pharmacop. List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946)
picrorhiza	Other	Commonly Traded CITES-Listed Spp. in Primer (AHPA, 2013) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) The Indian Pharmacop. List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946) Trad. Herb. Remedies for Primary Health Care (WHO SE Asia, 2011) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
picrorhiza kurrooa root and rhizome	Other	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
picrorrhizae rhizoma	Pharmaceutical	Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002)
pittakkini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pittaracarokani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pittarokani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pocarokani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pu tse sel	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rhizoma picrorhizae	Pharmaceutical	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
rohini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
rohinikatuka	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
rohiṇī	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
roni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rotani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sataparva	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shakuladani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shakuldaani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
shataparva	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shatparvaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
shen shi	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
sutiktaka	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Siddha Pharmacop. India, Vol. 1 (2008) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
tenika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tenikarokani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tikta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Siddha Pharmacop. India, Vol. 1 (2008)
tiktakarohini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tiktarohanika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tiktarohini	Other	Siddha Pharmacop. India, Vol. 1 (2008) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
tiktarohiṇī	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
tiktā	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
tinctura picrorhizae composita	Pharmaceutical	The Indian Pharmacop. List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946)
ulama	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
urokani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
uroni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
uvakali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vamaghni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vantida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vinnakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vinnakarokani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vinnarokani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
xi zanghu huang lian	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
胡簧莲	Other	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
胡黄连	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
호황련	Other	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Roots, rhizomes		Med. Pl. in Mountainous Chail Valley, Pakistan (Ahmad et al., 2014)
Rhizome		Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Rhizome with roots		Trad. Herb. Remedies for Primary Health Care (WHO SE Asia, 2011)
Rhizome		The Indian Pharmacop. List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946)
rhizome		Threatened Med. Pl. of Kashmir, India (Lone et al., 2014)
root		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
leaf, bark, rhizomes	dry plant material	Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
roots	dried roots	Ethnomed. Pl. of Chamba District, India (Rani et al., 2013)
herb		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
rhizome, root	dried root and rhizome	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
rhizome		Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002)
rhizome, root	dried rhizome with root	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
rhizome, root	dried rhizome and root	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
Root		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
rhizome, root	dried rhizome and root	Siddha Pharmacop. India, Vol. 1 (2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 5 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Picrorhiza kurrooa Royle Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts.: 291 (1836), orth. var.
Picrorhiza lindleyana Wettst. in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 4(3b): 84 (1891), nom. superfl.
Picrorhiza lindleyana (Wall.) Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 333 (1841), not validly publ.
Valeriana lindleyana Wall. Numer. List: n.° 404 (1829), not validly publ.
Veronica lindleyana Wall. Numer. List: n.° 404 (1829), nom. nud.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Picrorhia kurrooa Roule ex Benth	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
Picrorhiza kurroa	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. Marketing in Bangladesh (Dixie et al., 2003)
Picrorhiza kurroa Royle	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Threatened Med. Pl. of Kashmir, India (Lone et al., 2014)
Picrorhiza kurroa Royle Ex Benth.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Picrorhiza kurroa Royle ex Benth	WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024)
Picrorhiza kurroa Royle ex Benth.	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Ethnomed. Pl. of Chamba District, India (Rani et al., 2013) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Siddha Pharmacop. India, Vol. 1 (2008) Trad. Herb. Remedies for Primary Health Care (WHO SE Asia, 2011) Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Picrorhiza kurroa Royle.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Picrorhiza kurrooa	Commonly Traded CITES-Listed Spp. in Primer (AHPA, 2013) Herbal Recipes Liver Cirrhosis (Wijayagunawardane et al., 2015) Impact of Cult. of Med. Pl. on Biodiversity (Schippmann et al., 2002) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Med. Pl., Consv. & Livelihoods (Hamilton, 2004)
Picrorhiza kurrooa BENTH.	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
Picrorhiza kurrooa Benth.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Picrorhiza kurrooa Royle	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
Picrorhiza kurrooa Royle ex Benth.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Picrorhiza kurrooa Royle ex. Benth.	The Indian Pharmacop. List 1946 (Govt. of India, 1946)
Picrorhiza kurrooa Royle.	Med. Pl. in Mountainous Chail Valley, Pakistan (Ahmad et al., 2014)
Picrorhiza kurrosa	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Picrorrhiza kurroa	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Picrorrhiza kurroa Bentham	Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002)
Picrorrhiza kurroa Royle	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Picrorrhiza kurrooa Benth.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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