Plant Details

Accepted name:: Stephania japonica (Thunb.) Miers [Menispermaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 3

Stephania japonica var. japonica

Stephania japonica var. timoriensis (DC.) Forman

Stephania japonica var. discolor (Blume) Forman

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
batulpate	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
boominilathalipatchilai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
duvvathige	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ivyweed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
molakaranaikkoti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
patakkilannu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
patha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
qian jin teng	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
rajapatha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rapasu	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
tapevine	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
vana paatha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
千金藤	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
犁壁藤	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
粉防己	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
蓮葉葛	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
金線吊青蛙	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
金線釣烏龜	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

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

Menispermum japonicum Thunb. in J.A.Murray (ed.), Syst. Veg., ed. 14.: 892 (1784).
Cocculus japonicus (Thunb.) DC. Syst. Nat. 1: 516 (1817).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Menispermum japonicum Thunb.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Stephania japonica	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Stephania japonica (Thunb.) Miers	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. & Pois. Pl. 1 (Padua et al., 1999) Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) 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)
Stephania japonica (Thunb.) Miers var. japonica	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Stephania japonica (Thunb.) Miers.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Stephania japonica (Thunberg) Miers	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Stephania japonica Miers	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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