Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
astragalaus	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
astragale	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
astragali mongholici radix	Pharmaceutical	European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
astragali 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) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
astragali radix praeparata cum melle	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
astragalo	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
astragalus	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
astragalus mongholicus root	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
astragalus root	Other	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) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
astragalus root for use in thm	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
astragálo	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
atragalus root	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
chinesischer tragant	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
hoàng ký	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
hoàng kỳ	Other	Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
huang ci	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
huang qi	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
huang-chi	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
huangoi	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
huangqi	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
huángqi	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
huángqí	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
hwanggi	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
membranous milk vetch	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
membranous milk-vetch	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
membranous milkvetch	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
meng gu huang qi	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
milkvetch	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
milkvetch root	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
mo jia huang qi	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
mongolian milk-vetch	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
mongolian milkvetch	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
neimeng huangqi	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
ogi	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
ougi	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
prepared milkvetch root	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
radix astragali	Pharmaceutical	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
radix astragali praeparata cum melle	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
zhihuangqi	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
zhongfengnaomaitong	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
オウギ	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
膜莢黃耆	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
蒙古黃耆	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
黃者	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
黃耆	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
黃芪	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)
黄芪	Other	Consv. of Endangered Med. Pl. in Arid Desert Region (Lang et al., 2017) 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)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root	dried root	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
root without rootlets		British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
root	dried root	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
root	dried root	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
Radix		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Root		WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
root	dried root	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
root		U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020)
root		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
root	dried root	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
root		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
root		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Roots		Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
Root		Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
root	dried root	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
root	dried root	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
root	root	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006)
root	root or the root removed the periderm	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
root		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
root	Whole, dried root, freed from rootlets and rootstock	European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
root		Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)
root		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

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

Astragalus membranaceus Fisch. ex Bunge Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, Sér. 7, 11(16): 25 (1868), nom. cons.
Astragalus membranaceus var. mongholicus (Bunge) P.K.Hsiao Acta Pharm. Sin. 11: 117 (1964).
Astragalus mongholicus var. dahuricus (Fisch. ex DC.) Podlech Sendtnera 6: 172 (1999).
Astragalus propinquus Schischk. in P.N.Krylov, Fl. Sibir. Occ. 7: 1657 (1933).
Astragalus borealimongolicus Y.Z.Zhao Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 26: 536 (2006).
Astragalus membranaceus var. mandshuricus Nakai Fl. Paiktu-shan: 66 (1918), not validly publ.
Astragalus membranaceus f. propinquus (Schischk.) Kitag. Neolin. Fl. Manshur.: 396 (1979).
Astragalus penduliflorus var. dahuricus (Fisch. ex DC.) X.Y.Zhu Nordic J. Bot. 23: 289 (2005).
Astragalus penduliflorus var. mongholicus (Bunge) X.Y.Zhu Nordic J. Bot. 23: 288 (2005).
Astragalus propinquus var. glaber Vydrina Sist. Zametki Mater. Gerb. Krylova Tomsk. Gosud. Univ. Kuybysheva 89: 2 (1992), no type.
Astragalus purdomii N.D.Simpson Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 8: 245 (1915).
Phaca abbreviata Ledeb. Fl. Altaic. 3: 268 (1831).
Phaca alpina var. dahurica Fisch. ex DC. Prodr. 2: 273 (1825).
Phaca macrostachys Turcz. Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 14: 66 (1840).
Phaca membranacea Fisch. ex Link Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 2: 252 (1822), nom. nud.
Tragacantha membranacea (Fisch. ex Bunge) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 946 (1891).
Tragacantha mongholica (Bunge) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 946 (1891).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Astragalus membranaceus	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Astragalus membranaceus (Fisch) Bge.	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998)
Astragalus membranaceus (Fisch. ) Bge.	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Astragalus membranaceus (Fisch. ex Link) Bunge	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Astragalus membranaceus (Fisch.) Bge.	Checklist of Korean Cult. Plants (Mun-Chan et al., 1986) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Astragalus membranaceus (Fisch.) Bge. var. Mongholicus (Bge.) Hsiao	GAP Prod. of TCM Herbs in China (Zhang et al., 2010)
Astragalus membranaceus (Fisch.) Bge. var. mongholicus (Bge.) Hsiao	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Astragalus membranaceus (Fisch.) Bunge	Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Astragalus membranaceus (Fisch.) Bunge var. mongholicus (Bunge) P.K.Hsiao	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
Astragalus membranaceus Bge. var. mongholicus (Bge.) Hsiao	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Astragalus membranaceus Bunge	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) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Astragalus membranaceus Bunge var. mongholicus (Bunge) Hsiao	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Astragalus membranaceus Bunge var. mongholicus Hsiao	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
Astragalus membranaceus Bunge.	Consv. of Endangered Med. Pl. in Arid Desert Region (Lang et al., 2017)
Astragalus membranaceus var. mongholicus (Bge.) Hsiao	TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011)
Astragalus membranaceus var. mongholicus (Bunge) P.K.Hsiao	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020)
Astragalus mongholicus	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Astragalus mongholicus Bge.	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Astragalus mongholicus Bunge	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Astragalus mongholicus var. dahuricus (DC.) Podlech	British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
Astragalus mongholicus var. mongholicus	British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
Astragalus propinquus (Fisch.) Bunge	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Astragalus propinquus Schischk.	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
Astragalus propinquus Schischkin	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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