Plant Details

Accepted name:: Sophora flavescens Aiton [Fabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 3

Sophora flavescens var. flavescens

Sophora flavescens var. galegoides (Pall.) DC.

Sophora flavescens var. kronei (Hance) C.Y.Ma

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
dogol-evs	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
iiupenpen	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
iu penpen	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
iupaisi	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
iuupinpin	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
ku shen	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
kusen	Other	Homegarden Med. Ethnobot. of Naxi in NW Yunnan (Yang et al., 2014)
kushen	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
kŭshēn	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
light-yellow sophora	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
lightyellow sophora	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
lightyellow sophora root	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
lungasan	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
luupinpin	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
powdered sophora root	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
radix sophorae flavescentis	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
shargal lider	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
shrubby sophora	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
sle-tres	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
sofora zheltovataya	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
sophora root	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) 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)
sophorae flavescentis radix	Pharmaceutical	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
sophorae radix	Pharmaceutical	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)
sophorae radix pulverata	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
tunbasan	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
クジン	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
クジン末	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
地槐	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
水槐	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
苦参	Other	Consv. of Endangered Med. Pl. in Arid Desert Region (Lang et al., 2017) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
苦参实	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
苦參	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
苦參樹	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
苦骨	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
菟槐	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
菱果苦樹	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
野槐	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
驕槐	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root	dried root	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
root	dried root	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Rhizome		Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
Radix		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Root		Homegarden Med. Ethnobot. of Naxi in NW Yunnan (Yang et al., 2014)
Root		WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
root	dried root	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
root		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
root		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Roots		Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
root	dried root	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
root	root, often periderm removed	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006)
root		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
root		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
root		Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)
root		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 1 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Radiusia flavescens (Aiton) Endl. Cat. Hort. Vindob. 2: 517 (1842).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Sophora flavescens	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Sophora flavescens Ait.	GAP Prod. of TCM Herbs in China (Zhang et al., 2010) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011)
Sophora flavescens Aiton	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Homegarden Med. Ethnobot. of Naxi in NW Yunnan (Yang et al., 2014) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2022 (WHO-UMC, 2022) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Sophora flavescens Alt.	Consv. of Endangered Med. Pl. in Arid Desert Region (Lang et al., 2017) Neuraminidase Inhib. Med. Pl. in Lingnan TCM (Liu et al., 2018)
Sophora flavescens Solander ex Aiton	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)

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