Plant Details

Accepted name:: Polygala paniculata L. [Polygalaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
akar wangi	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
alcaçuz	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
arrozinho	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
barba-de-são-pedro	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
bái hè cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
canchalagua	Other	Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
fēng yóu cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
gelol	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
island snakeroot	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
milkwort	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
orosne	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
sarpoleta	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
vick	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
wèi tòng cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
xiǎo yè yuǎn zhì	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
yuán zhuī huā yuǎn zhì	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
yuán zhuī yuǎn zhì	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
圆锥花远志	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
圓錐遠志	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
小叶远志	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
小葉遠志	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
白鶴草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
白鹤草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
胃痛草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
風油草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
whole shoot system		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
leaf, aerial part, bark		Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
root		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
root		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 14 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Polygala tenella Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 3: 878 (1802).
Polygala amaniensis Gürke ex Chodat Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 48: 311 (1912), nom. nud.
Polygala brasiliensis Mart. Flora 20(2 Beibl.): 93 (1837).
Polygala carlotina E.H.L.Krause Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 32(2): 341 (1914).
Polygala humilis Vell. Fl. Flumin.: 293 (1829), nom. illeg.
Polygala paniculata var. ambigua Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 49 (1891).
Polygala paniculata var. brasiliana DC. Prodr. 1: 329 (1824).
Polygala paniculata var. carlotina E.H.L.Krause Beih. Bot. Centralbl. 32(2): 341 (1914).
Polygala paniculata f. humilis Chodat Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 30(1): 301 (1891 publ. 1892).
Polygala paniculata f. leucoptera S.F.Blake Contr. Gray Herb. 47: 101 (1916).
Polygala paniculata var. normalis Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 49 (1891), not validly publ.
Polygala paniculata var. verticillata Chodat Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 30(1): 302 (1891 publ. 1892), nom. illeg.
Polygala paniculata f. violacea Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(2): 11 (1898), nom. nud.
Polygala ramosissima Cav. Anales Ci. Nat. 4: 53 (1801).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Polygala paniculata	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Polygala paniculata L.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Fijian Med. Pl. (Cambie & Ash, 1994) Med. & Pois. Pl. 2 (Valkenburg et al., 1999) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014) Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Polygala tenella Willd.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
polygala paniculata	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)

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