Plant Details

Accepted name:: Swertia japonica (Schult.) Makino [Gentianaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
powdered swertia herb	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
senburi	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sseunpul	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
swertia herb	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
swertia herba	Pharmaceutical	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
swertiae herba	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
swertiae herba pulverata	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
センブリ	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
センブリ末	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
whole herb		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
herb	herb, flowering	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006)
whole herb		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
whole herb		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
whole herb		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 9 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Frasera japonica (Schult.) Toyok. Symb. Asahikaw. 1: 156 (1965).
Gentiana japonica Schult. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 6: 174 (1820).
Ophelia japonica (Schult.) Griseb. Gen. Sp. Gent.: 321 (1839).
Ophelia japonica f. littoralis (Hid.Takah.) Toyok. & Y.Toyok. J. Asahikawa Univ. 4: 182 (1976).
Swertia japonica f. chionantha F.Maek. J. Jap. Bot. 12: 140 (1939).
Swertia japonica var. latifolia Konta Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus. Tokyo, B 31: 63 (2005).
Swertia japonica var. littoralis Hid.Takah. Bull. Kanagawa Pref. Mus., Nat. Sci. 1(5): 1 (1972).
Swertia rotata Thunb. Fl. Jap.: 115 (1784), sensu auct.
Synallodia japonica Raf. New Fl. 4: 93 (1838).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Swertia japonica (Roem. et Schult.) Mak.	Checklist of Korean Cult. Plants (Mun-Chan et al., 1986)
Swertia japonica (Roem. et Schult.) Makino	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998)
Swertia japonica (Schult.) Makino	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Swertia japonica Makino	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)

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