Plant Details

Accepted name:: Astragalus gummifer Labill. [Fabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
adrilel	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
alquitira	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
astragale à gomme	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bokmoun	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
dragantvedel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
geven	Other	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
goat-thorn bush	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
goma alcatira	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
gomme adragante	Other	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
gum tragacanth	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
gum tragacanth milkvetch	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
gum-tragacanth	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
gummitragant	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kataad	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
katiraa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
powdered tragacanth	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
qatād	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
shagal el ketira	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
tragacanth	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
tragacanth gum	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
tragacanth milk-vetch	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
tragacanth milkvetch	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
tragacanth tree	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
tragacantha	Pharmaceutical	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
tragacantha pulverata	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
tragacanto	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
tragant	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
traganth	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
بكمون	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
قتاد	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
トラガント	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
トラガント末	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
trunk, branch	gummy exudate	British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
gum		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
	Resin	Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
	Resin	Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000)
	dried gummy exudate	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
Seed		Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Mucilage, Gum		WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
gum		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
leaf, exudate		Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
gummy exudation		U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020)
trunks		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
gum		Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
gum		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
trunk, branch	air-hardened, gummy exudate	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
	gummy exudation	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
	dried gummy exudate	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008)
trunk, branch	exudate	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
trunk	exudate	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006)
	vegetal drug, powdered drug, gum	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
trunk	exudation	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
trunk, branch	Air-hardened, gummy exudate, flowing naturally or obtained by incision from the trunk and branches	European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
	dried gummy exudation	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 17 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Astracantha gummifera (Labill.) Podlech Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 19: 12 (1983).
Astracantha adanica (Ivan.) Greuter Willdenowia 15: 425 (1986).
Astracantha rayatensis (Eig) Podlech Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 19: 19 (1983).
Astracantha tournefortii (Boiss.) Podlech Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 19: 21 (1983).
Astragalus adanicus Ivan. Zametki Sist. Geogr. Rast. 35: 71 (1978).
Astragalus adpressus Ehrenb. ex Walp. Ann. Bot. Syst. 4: 502 (1858).
Astragalus erianthus Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 3: 1332 (1802).
Astragalus gummifer f. macrophyllus Širj. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 47: 207 (1939).
Astragalus gummifer subsp. tournefortii (Boiss.) Ponert Feddes Repert. 83: 622 (1972 publ. 1973).
Astragalus gummifer var. villosus Širj. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 47: 207 (1939).
Astragalus noemiae Eig Syst. Stud. Astragalus Near East: 74 (1955).
Astragalus noemiae var. brantii Eig Syst. Stud. Astragalus Near East: 75 (1955).
Astragalus rayatensis Eig Syst. Stud. Astragalus Near East: 75 (1955).
Astragalus tournefortii Boiss. Diagn. Pl. Orient. 9: 92 (1849).
Tragacantha eriantha (Willd.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 944 (1891).
Tragacantha gummifera (Labill.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 945 (1891).
Tragacantha tournefortii (Boiss.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 948 (1891).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Astracantha gummifera	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Astracantha gummifera (Labill.) Podlech	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017)
Astragalus gummifer	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
Astragalus gummifer Lab.	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Astragalus gummifer Labill	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
Astragalus gummifer Labill.	British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Astragalus gummifer Labillardi^re	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
Astragalus gummifer Labillardiere	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008)
Astragalus gummifer Labillardière	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
Astragalus gummifera	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)

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