Plant Details

Accepted name:: Berberis vulgaris L. [Berberidaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 3

Berberis vulgaris subsp. australis (Boiss.) Heywood

Berberis vulgaris subsp. seroi O.Bolòs & Vigo

Berberis vulgaris subsp. vulgaris

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
agracejo	Other	Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
aigret	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
aigribouet	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
almindelig berberis	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
ambar-baris	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ambarbaris	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ambarbāris	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
ameer paris	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
anbarbaris	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
asrar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
barbaris	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
barberry	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) The Plant-Book (Mabberley, 1996) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
bedana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
berberi	Other	Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
berberidis cortex	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
berberidis fructus	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
berberidis radicis cortex	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
berberidis radix	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
berberis	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
berberis vulgaris	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
berberis vulgaris, fructus	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
berberitze	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Kräuter Gewürze und Heilpflanzen (Bremness, 1994) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
berberitzenfrüchte	Other	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)
berberitzenrinde	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
berberitzenwurzel	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
berberitzenwurzelrinde	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
berbero	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
berberry	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
berbis	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
berbéris commun	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
berbéris vulgaire	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
bérberis	Other	Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996)
bérbero	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
cigret	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
cigretier	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
common barberry	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Native American Ethnobotany (Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
cortex berberidis	Pharmaceutical	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
crespino	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
crespino commune	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
cutch	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
epine-vinette	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
epine-vinette commune	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
espinho-de-são-joão	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
espinho-de-são-simão	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
espino	Other	Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
espino cambrón	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
european barberry	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 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 Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
gemeiner sauerdorn	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
gewöhnliche berberitze	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
harili	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
hez	Other	Med. Pl. of Utror-Gabral Valleys, Pakistan. (Hamayun et al., 2003)
jaundice berry	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
jaundice-berry	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
karamuk	Other	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
kasmal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kemal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kemal/kasmal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khichirma	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
kirsing	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
kukerpuu	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
kwaray	Other	High Value Med. Pl. to Pakistani Communities (Sher et al., 2014)
libdan	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
oad alreeah	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
pepperidge bush	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
pipperidge	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
piprage	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
rartak	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rasaunt	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rocky mountain grape	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
salq	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
sauerdorn	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Kräuter Gewürze und Heilpflanzen (Bremness, 1994) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
shuturum	Other	Med. Pl. in Alpine and Sub-Alpine Pakistan (Kayani et al., 2015) Pl. Used in the Skardu Valley, Pakistan (Bano et al., 2014)
skerpa	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
snowberry	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
sour-spine	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
speenkwaray	Other	Med. Pl. of Utror-Gabral Valleys, Pakistan. (Hamayun et al., 2003)
surtorn	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
tarab	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
trailing mahonia	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
uqdah	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
venittier	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
vincllier	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
vinetteier	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
vinettier	Other	Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Les Plantes Arom. et Med. (Bremness, 1996) Secrets des Plantes Mèd. (Reader's Digest, 1977)
zaraj	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
zarishk	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
zarshak	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
zereshk	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
zerk	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
épine-vinette	Other	Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Les Plantes Arom. et Med. (Bremness, 1996) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Secrets des Plantes Mèd. (Reader's Digest, 1977)
آرغيس	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
امبرباريس	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
زرشک	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
ᾱrqies	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Bark		High Value Med. Pl. to Pakistani Communities (Sher et al., 2014)
Roots		Med. Pl. of Utror-Gabral Valleys, Pakistan. (Hamayun et al., 2003)
Root		Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Fruits		Med. Pl. in Alpine and Sub-Alpine Pakistan (Kayani et al., 2015)
Fruit		Pl. Used in the Skardu Valley, Pakistan (Bano et al., 2014)
Stem bark, Root bark, Root, Bark, Fruit	Oil	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
root		Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
fruit, bark, root		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
fruit		U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
stem	dried stem bark	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 1 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Berberis racemosa Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 2: 296 (1812), nom. superfl.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Berberis vulgaris	Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998) Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997) Med. Pl. of Utror-Gabral Valleys, Pakistan. (Hamayun et al., 2003) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) Substances in Medicines, Australia (TGA, 2007) Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Berberis vulgaris L	High Value Med. Pl. to Pakistani Communities (Sher et al., 2014)
Berberis vulgaris L.	Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kräuter Gewürze und Heilpflanzen (Bremness, 1994) Les Plantes Arom. et Med. (Bremness, 1996) Med. Pl. in Alpine and Sub-Alpine Pakistan (Kayani et al., 2015) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Native American Ethnobotany (Moerman, 1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Used in the Skardu Valley, Pakistan (Bano et al., 2014) Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2021) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) SOTWP 2016: Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2015) Secrets des Plantes Mèd. (Reader's Digest, 1977) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) The Plant-Book (Mabberley, 1996) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
Berberis vulgaris Linné	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)

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