Plant Details

Accepted name:: Actaea rubra (Aiton) Willd. [Ranunculaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
actée rouge	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
amerikansk trolldruva	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
chinaberry	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
red baneberry	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
snakeberry	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 38 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Actaea alba (L.) Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 7.: n.° 2 (1759).
Actaea rubra subsp. arguta (Nutt.) Hultén Acta Univ. Lund., 2, 41(1): 217 (1945).
Actaea americana Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 366 (1813), nom. superfl.
Actaea americana var. alba (L.) Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 366 (1813).
Actaea americana var. rubra (Aiton) Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 367 (1813).
Actaea arguta Nutt. in J.Torrey & A.Gray, Fl. N. Amer. 1: 35 (1838).
Actaea arguta var. alabastrina Lunell Amer. Midl. Naturalist 2: 123 (1911).
Actaea arguta var. eburnea (Rydb.) Cockerell in F.P.Daniels, Fl. Boulder Colorado: 119 (1911).
Actaea arguta var. pauciflora R.R.Gates Bot. Gaz. 61: 202 (1916).
Actaea arguta var. viridiflora (Greene) Tidestr. & Kittell Fl. Ariz. New Mex.: 25 (1941).
Actaea aspleniifolia Greene Ottawa Naturalist 16: 35 (1902).
Actaea brachypetala DC. Syst. Nat. 1: 385 (1817), nom. superfl.
Actaea brachypetala var. alba (L.) DC. Syst. Nat. 1: 385 (1817), nom. superfl.
Actaea brachypetala var. rubra (Aiton) DC. Syst. Nat. 1: 385 (1817).
Actaea californica Greene Ottawa Naturalist 16: 36 (1902).
Actaea caudata Greene Ottawa Naturalist 16: 35 (1902).
Actaea eburnea Rydb. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 1: 153 (1900).
Actaea longipes Spach Hist. Nat. Vég. 7: 388 (1838).
Actaea neglecta Gillmann Drugs Med. N. Amer. 1: 235 (1885).
Actaea rubra f. arguta (Nutt.) Huth Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 16: 309 (1892).
Actaea rubra var. arguta (Nutt.) M.A.Lawson Rev. Canad. Ranuncul.: 84 (1884).
Actaea rubra var. dissecta Britton in N.L.Britton & A.Brown, Ill. Fl. N. U.S. 2: 55 (1897).
Actaea rubra var. gigantea R.R.Gates Bot. Gaz. 61: 201 (1916).
Actaea rubra f. neglecta (Gillmann) B.L.Rob. Rhodora 10: 66 (1908).
Actaea spicata var. alba L. Sp. Pl.: 504 (1753), nom. utique rejic.
Actaea spicata f. arguta (Nutt.) Huth Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 16: 309 (1892).
Actaea spicata subsp. arguta (Nutt.) Hultén Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl., ser. 4, 13(1): 166 (1971).
Actaea spicata var. arguta (Nutt.) Torr. Pacif. Railr. Rep. Whipple, Bot. 4(5; 4): 63 (1857).
Actaea spicata var. dissecta (Britton) K.C.Davis Tax. Stud. N. Amer .Ranunc.: 28 (1900).
Actaea spicata subsp. rubra (Aiton) Hultén Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl., ser. 4, 13(1): 166 (1971).
Actaea spicata var. rubra Aiton Hort. Kew. 2: 211 (1789).
Actaea viridiflora Greene Pittonia 2: 108 (1890).
Actaea viridiflora var. clementiorum R.R.Gates Bot. Gaz. 61: 203 (1916).
Christophoriana alba (L.) Nieuwl. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 3: 326 (1914).
Christophoriana arguta (Nutt.) Lunell Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 362 (1916).
Christophoriana arguta var. alabastrina Lunell Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 362 (1916).
Christophoriana rubra (Aiton) Nieuwl. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 3: 326 (1914).
Dipleina umbellata Raf. Autik. Bot.: 54 (1840), nom. rej.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Actaea alba (L.) Mill.	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Actaea rubra (Ait.) Willd.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Actaea rubra (Ait.) Willd. ssp. rubra	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
Actaea rubra (Aiton) Willd.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Actaea rubra (Aiton) Willd. subsp. rubra	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Actaea rubra Willdenow	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Actaea rubra ssp. arguta (Nutt.) Hultén	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

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