Plant Details

Accepted name:: Plantago depressa Willd. [Plantaginaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
che cian cao	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
che cian zi	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
che cian zih	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
che qian cao	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
che qian zi	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
cheqiancao	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
cheqianzi	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
chēqiáncăo	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
depressed plantain	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
herba plantaginis	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
isbagol	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
luhuriy	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
luhurya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ping che qian	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
plantaginis herba	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
plantaginis semen	Pharmaceutical	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
plantago	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
plantago seed	Other	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
plantain herb	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
plantain seed	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
semen plantaginis	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
ta ram	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
tha ram	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
ཐ་རམ།	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
平車前	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
車前子	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
車前草	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
车前子	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
车前草	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
herb	dried herb	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
seed	dried ripe seed	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
herb	dried herb	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
whole plant, seed		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Whole plant and seeds		Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
herb	dried herb	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
seed		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
seed	ripe seed	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 12 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Plantago tibetica Hook.f. & Thomson in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 4: 706 (1885).
Plantago asiatica var. decumbens Turcz. Fl. Baical.-Dahur. 2(1): 12 (1856).
Plantago depressa var. eudepressa Ganesch. Trudy Bot. Muz. Imp. Akad. Nauk 8: 193 (1915), not validly publ.
Plantago depressa f. glaberrima Kom. Fl. Manshur. 3: 480 (1907).
Plantago depressa f. magnibracteata Tosh.Tanaka & T.K.Zheng J. Jap. Bot. 65: 301 (1990).
Plantago depressa f. minor Kom. Fl. Manshur. 3: 480 (1907).
Plantago depressa var. montana Kitag. J. Jap. Bot. 19(4): 112 (1943).
Plantago depressa subsp. turczaninowii (Ganesch.) Tzvelev Arktichesk. Fl. SSSR 8(2): 19 (1983).
Plantago depressa var. turczaninowii Ganesch. Trudy Bot. Muz. Imp. Akad. Nauk 8: 193 (1915).
Plantago leptostachys Ledeb. Fl. Ross. 3: 479 (1849), nom. illeg.
Plantago paludosa Turcz. ex Ledeb. Fl. Ross. 3: 478 (1849).
Plantago sibirica Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 4: 433 (1816), nom. illeg.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Plantago depressa Willd	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Plantago depressa Willd.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) 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) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Plantago depressa Willdenow	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Plantago tibetica Hook.f. & Thoms.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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