Plant Details

Accepted name:: Althaea officinalis L. [Malvaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
al-ghasool	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
altea	Other	Annexo III: Veg. Drugs in Registry of Meds, Argentina (2009) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
altee	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
alteia	Other	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010) Farmacopeia Brasileira, 6th edn. (Anvisa, 2019)
altej lekarstvennyj	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
altey lekarstvennyy	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
althaea	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019)
althaea extract	Other	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
althaea officinalis	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
althaea syrup	Other	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
althaeae	Other	WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019)
althaeae flos	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
althaeae folium	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
althaeae radix	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) EMA Com. Monog.: Althaeae officinalis, rad. (2008) European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012) Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010) Farmacopeia Brasileira, 6th edn. (Anvisa, 2019) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
althea	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
altéia	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
aslua khitmi	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
bajrul khitmi	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
bardul khatmi	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
bazarul khatme	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bazre khatmi	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
bekh khatmi	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
beli slez	Other	Native Med. Pl. of Mt. Rtanj (Zlatković et al., 2014)
benefi schi	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
benefischi	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024)
bismalva	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
bismalva-hibiscu s	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
bismalva-hibiscus	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
blanca malva	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
bon visclo	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
bourdon de st jacques	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
charme giah	Other	Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
cimaittutti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cimaittutticceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
common marsh-mallow	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
common marshmallow	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
dary gulkan	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
dorivor gulhairi	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
eibisch	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
eibischblätter	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
eibischwurzel	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019)
erva molle	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
ervamalva	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
ghasul	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
guimauve	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024)
guimauve officinale	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
guimauve sauvage	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
gul-i-khere	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gul-i-khitmi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gul-khairo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gul-khairu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
gulhatmi	Other	Med. Pl. in Azerbaijan Republic (Ibadullayeva, 2020)
guli kheri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gulkhair	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gulkhairo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hatmi	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997) Med. Pl. in E Black Sea Region of Turkey (Toksoy et al., 2010)
heilwurz	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
hobbiza	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
hollyhock	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
ibischwurz	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
iviscus	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
jukhame khatme	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khaira	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khaira-ka-jhor	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khairakajhor	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khairi	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
khairo	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
khatmah	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
khatme	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khatmee	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
khatmi	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
khatmi bija	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
khatmiea	Other	Trad. Med. in Syria: Folk Med. in Aleppo (Alachkara et al., 2011)
khatmī	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
khatmī (root)	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
khatmī (seed)	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
khero	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khitmi	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khitmi-ka-jhar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khitmigajhar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khitmikajhar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
korzén prawóslazu	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
läkemalva	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mallow, wild	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
malvaccioniu	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
malvaisco	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
malvavisco	Other	Annexo III: Veg. Drugs in Registry of Meds, Argentina (2009) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
marmolone	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
marsh mallow	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. Use: Tajik & Afghan Pamirs (Kassam et al., 2010) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
marsh-mallow	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
marshmallow	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbal Sector of Serbia (Stevanovic, 2011) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024)
marshmallow leaf	Other	British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacop. 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)
marshmallow root	Other	British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacop. 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) EMA Com. Monog.: Althaeae officinalis, rad. (2008) European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
molotta	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
moorish mallow	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
mortification root	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
orvosiziliz gyökér	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
racine de guimauve	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
racine deguimauve	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
racine d’althée	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
radices althaeae	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014)
radix althaeae	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
resha khatmi	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
resha-e-khitmi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
resha-i-khitmi(roots).	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
resha-khatami	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
reshah-e-khatmi	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
risha i khitmi	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
rishakhatmi	Other	Med. Pl. for Respiratory Disorders in Abbottabad (Kayani et al., 2014)
sammetpappel	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
sauvage	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
schleimwurzel	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019)
seeme thuttha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shemai-tutti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
shemaitute	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
shilaras	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
simaitutti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sirupus althaeae	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
suzmool	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
sweet weed	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024)
sweetweed	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tuk khitmi	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
tukhm khaimi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tukhm khat ni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tukhm khatmi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
tukhm khitmi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tukhm khubbazi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tukhm-e-khatmi	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
tukhm-e-khitmi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tukhm-i-khatmi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tukhm-i-khiyaria	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tukhma-e-khatmee	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
tukhme khatmi	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
tukm-i-khitmi (fruit).	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
usubeni-tati-aoi	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
white mallow	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024)
white-mallow	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
wymote	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024)
yao kui	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
zhirmesk	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Tajik & Afghan Pamirs (Kassam et al., 2010)
ختمية طبية	Other	Trad. Med. in Syria: Folk Med. in Aleppo (Alachkara et al., 2011)
خطمي	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaf		British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
root, leaf, flower		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
Folium		Native Med. Pl. of Mt. Rtanj (Zlatković et al., 2014)
radix		EMA Com. Monog.: Althaeae officinalis, rad. (2008)
Raíces	Raices desecadas	Annexo III: Veg. Drugs in Registry of Meds, Argentina (2009)
Leaf, root		Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Flower		Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Leaves, Roots, Seeds, Flower		Med. Pl. for Respiratory Disorders in Abbottabad (Kayani et al., 2014)
Root, Leaf, Flower		WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Flower, seeds, root		Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
leaves, flowers		Trad. Med. in Syria: Folk Med. in Aleppo (Alachkara et al., 2011)
Root		Med. Pl. in Azerbaijan Republic (Ibadullayeva, 2020)
flower		Med. Pl. in E Black Sea Region of Turkey (Toksoy et al., 2010)
root		Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
root, flower, leaf		WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024)
raízes	fragmentos de raízes	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 6th edn. (Anvisa, 2019)
root		Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
root	dried root	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
root, leaf, flower		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
leaf	whole or cut dried leaf	British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
leaf	whole or cut dried leaf	European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007)
root	root	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
root	root	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
root		Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
Root		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
root	dried root	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010)
roots	dried roots	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010)
leaf	Whole or cut, dried leaf	European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)
roots, flowers, leaves		Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 15 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Althaea kragujevacensis Pančić Fl. Serbiae: 200 (1874).
Althaea balearica J.J.Rodr. Fl. Menorca: 24 (1904).
Althaea multiflora Rchb. ex Regel Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1867(Suppl.): 36 (1868).
Althaea officinalis subsp. indica Baker f. J. Bot. 28: 141 (1890).
Althaea officinalis var. obtusifolia Vayr. Anales Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 30: 510 (1901).
Althaea officinalis var. obtusiuscula H.C.Hall ex Lej. in A.L.S.Lejeune & R.J.Courtois, Comp. Fl. Belg. 3: 11 (1836).
Althaea officinalis var. pallida Regel & Herder Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 39(I): 548 (1866).
Althaea officinalis var. rotundifolia Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 639 (1821 publ. 1822).
Althaea officinalis var. thirkeana Alef. Landw. Fl.: 113 (1866).
Althaea officinalis var. vulgaris Alef. Landw. Fl.: 113 (1866).
Althaea pulchra Klotzsch Bot. Ergebn. Reise Waldemar: 112 (1862).
Althaea sublobata Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 3: 530 (1812).
Malva althaea E.H.L.Krause in J.W.Sturm, Deutschl. Fl. Abbild., ed. 2. 6: 243 (1902).
Malva maritima Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 381 (1796), nom. illeg.
Malva officinalis (L.) K.F.Schimp. & Spenn. in F.C.L.Spenner, Fl. Friburg. 3: 885 (1829).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Althaea kragujevacensis	Herbal Sector of Serbia (Stevanovic, 2011)
Althaea officinalis	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998) Herbal Sector of Serbia (Stevanovic, 2011) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997) Med. Pl. in E Black Sea Region of Turkey (Toksoy et al., 2010) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Althaea officinalis L.	Annexo III: Veg. Drugs in Registry of Meds, Argentina (2009) British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacop. 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Ethnobot. in W Granada Province, Spain (Benítez et al., 2010) European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012) Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010) Farmacopeia Brasileira, 6th edn. (Anvisa, 2019) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Med. Pl. Use: Tajik & Afghan Pamirs (Kassam et al., 2010) Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013) Med. Pl. for Respiratory Disorders in Abbottabad (Kayani et al., 2014) Med. Pl. in Azerbaijan Republic (Ibadullayeva, 2020) Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013) Med. Pl. in the Medit.: Project Rubia (Gonzalez-Tejero et al., 2008) Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Native Med. Pl. of Mt. Rtanj (Zlatković et al., 2014) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) Trad. Med. in Syria: Folk Med. in Aleppo (Alachkara et al., 2011) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. in N.I.S. (WHO, 2010) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Althaea officinalis Linn.	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
Althaea officinalis Linné	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
Althaea officinalis.	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Althaeae officinalis L.	EMA Com. Monog.: Althaeae officinalis, rad. (2008)

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