Plant Details

Accepted name:: Berberis vulgaris L. [Berberidaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants
Infraspecies:: 3

Berberis vulgaris subsp. seroi O.Bolòs & Vigo

Berberis vulgaris subsp. australis (Boiss.) Heywood

Berberis vulgaris subsp. vulgaris

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
agracejo	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2025)
aigret	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
aigribouet	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
almindelig berberis	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
ambar-baris	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ambarbaris	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ambarbāris	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
amberparis	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
ameer paris	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
anbarbaris	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
asrar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
barbaris	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
barberry	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016) Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) 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) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2025)
barberry bark	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
bayberry stem	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
bedana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
berberi	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 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 Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
berberis vulgaris	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
berberis vulgaris whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
berberis vulgaris, fructus	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
berberitze	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2025)
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 Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2025)
berberry	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
berbis	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
berbéris commun	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
berbéris vulgaire	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
bérbero	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
chatrod	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
cigret	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
cigretier	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
common barberry	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
cortex berberidis	Pharmaceutical	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
crespino	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2025)
crespino commune	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
cutch	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
daruharidraa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
epine vinette	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
epine-vinette	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
epine-vinette commune	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
espinho-de-são-joão	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
espinho-de-são-simão	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
espino	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
espino cambrón	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
european barberry	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) 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 Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2025)
gemeiner sauerdorn	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
gewöhnliche berberitze	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
harili	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 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 Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
jaundice-berry	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
karamuk	Other	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
karoskai	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
kashmal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
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 Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
kirsing	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
kukerpuu	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
kwaray	Other	High Value Med. Pl. to Pakistani Communities (Sher et al., 2014) Sustainable Use of Med. & Arom. Pl. Pakistan (Sher et al., 2017)
libdan	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
oad alreeah	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
pepperidge bush	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2025)
pippe ridges	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
pipperidge	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
piprage	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
rartak	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rasaunt	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rocky mountain grape	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
salq	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
sauerdorn	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2025)
shuturum	Other	Med. Pl. in Alpine and Sub-Alpine Pakistan (Kayani et al., 2015) Pl. Used in Skardu Valley, Pakistan (Bano et al., 2014)
skerpa	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
snowberry	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
sour-spine	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
speenkwaray	Other	Med. Pl. of Utror-Gabral Valleys, Pakistan (Hamayun et al., 2003)
surtorn	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
tarab	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
tor kwaray	Other	Folk Med. Knwlg. & Consv., Swat, Pakistan (Hamayun et al., 2006)
trailing mahonia	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
true barberry	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
uqdah	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
venittier	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
vincllier	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
vinetteier	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
vinettier	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
zaraj	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
zarishk	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
zarshak	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
zerechke	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
zereshk	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
zerk	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009)
ziarrlargai	Other	Sustainable Use of Med. & Arom. Pl. Pakistan (Sher et al., 2017)
zirishk	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
épine-vinette	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
épine-vinette commune	Other	GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
آرغيس	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
امبرباريس	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
زرشک	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
ᾱrqies	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
‫برباريس‬	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)

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		Trad. 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 Skardu Valley, Pakistan (Bano et al., 2014)
Stem bark, Root bark, Root, Bark, Fruit	Oil	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
roots		Sustainable Use of Med. & Arom. Pl. Pakistan (Sher et al., 2017)
Whole plant		Folk Med. Knwlg. & Consv., Swat, Pakistan (Hamayun et al., 2006)
root, bark		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
root, root bark, bark, fruit, stem bark		WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2024)
bark, fruit, root, root bark, stem bark		WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2025)
root		Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
fruit, bark, root		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
fruit		U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
stem	dried stem bark	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 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	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998) 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 Russia & C. Asia (Mamedov et al., 2005) Med. Pl. of Utror-Gabral Valleys, Pakistan (Hamayun et al., 2003) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. 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.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016) European Red List of Medicinal Pl. (Allen et al., 2014) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. in Alpine and Sub-Alpine Pakistan (Kayani et al., 2015) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Used in Skardu Valley, Pakistan (Bano et al., 2014) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) Sustainable Use of Med. & Arom. Pl. Pakistan (Sher et al., 2017) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 4 (WHO, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2025) Wild Med. Pl. Resources in Bulgaria (Hardalova et al., 1998) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Berberis vulgaris Linn	Folk Med. Knwlg. & Consv., Swat, Pakistan (Hamayun et al., 2006)
Berberis vulgaris Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Berberis vulgaris Linné	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)

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