Plant Details

Accepted name:: Plantago asiatica L. [Plantaginaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants
Infraspecies:: 3

Plantago asiatica subsp. asiatica

Plantago asiatica subsp. densiflora (J.Z.Liu) Z.Yu Li

Plantago asiatica subsp. erosa (Wall.) Z.Yu Li

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
asian plantain	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
asian psyllium	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
asiatiskt groblad	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
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	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
che qian cao	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
che qian zi	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Value Chains of Herbal Med. (Booker et al., 2012)
che-qian-zi	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
cheqian	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
cheqiancao	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cheqianzi	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
chē lún cài	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
chē lún cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
chē qián	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
chē qián cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
chē qián zǐ	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ekor angin	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ekor anjing	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
flea seed	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
flohsamen	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
herba plantaginis	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
iyonesibesi	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
japanese psyllium	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
niú shé cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
oba-ko	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
pakupakukaore	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
plantaginis herba	Other, Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
plantaginis semen	Pharmaceutical	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
plantago	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
plantago herb	Other	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
plantago seed	Other	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
plantain herb	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
plantain seed	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
psyllium	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
psyllium seed	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
pú sháo cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
qián guàn cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
rasukasu	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
riotowan	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
semen plantaginis	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacop. of China (2005) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
semences de psyllium	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
shazen-shi	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
sirapotla gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tahure	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
wǔ jīn cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
zhū ěr cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ōbako	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
シャゼンシ	Other	Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012)
シャゼンソウ	Other	Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
五根草	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
五筋草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
牛舌草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
猪耳草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
蒲杓草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
車前	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
車前子	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
車前草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
車輪草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
车前	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
车前子	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
车前草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
车轮菜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
錢貫草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
herb	dried herb	Pharmacop. of China (2010)
seed	dried ripe seed	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Whole plant		Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
Seed		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
herb	dried herb	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
seed		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
entire plant		Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
seed	dried, ripe seed	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
whole plant, seed		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
seed		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
herb	dried herb	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
whole plant	entire plant, flowering	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006)
seed		Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
entire plant		Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012)
seed		Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)
seed	ripe seed	Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Plantago major var. asiatica (L.) Decne. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(1): 694 (1852).
Plantago major f. asiatica (L.) Regel Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, Sér. 7, 4(4): 121 (1861).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Plantago asiastica L.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Plantago asiatica	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
Plantago asiatica L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. & Pois. Pl. 1 (Padua et al., 1999) Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Value Chains of Herbal Med. (Booker et al., 2012) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Plantago asiatica Linne	Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)
Plantago asiatica Linné	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
Plantago major var. asiatica	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)

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