Plant Details

Accepted name:: Chelidonium majus L. [Papaveraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 2

Chelidonium majus subsp. grandiflorum (DC.) Printz

Chelidonium majus subsp. majus

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aekitongpool	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
asian celandine	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
bai qu cai	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
baiqucai	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
blutkraut	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
büyük halile	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
calandine	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
celandine	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
celandine extract	Other	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
celandine, greater	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
celandine-greater	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
celidonia	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
cenerognola maggiore	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
chelidoine	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
chelidonia maggiore	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
chelidonii herba	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
chelidonio	Other	Herbal Market of Cyprus (Karousou & Deirmentzoglou, 2011)
chelidonium	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
chelidonium extract	Other	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
chelidonium majus	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
chelidonium majus, radix	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
christessishla	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
chélidoine	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
cinerognola	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
common celandine	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
devil’s milk	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
eclaire	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
erba da porri	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
erba nocca	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
felougue	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
garden celandine	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
gelbes millkraut	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
gemeines schöllkraut	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
glistinik jaskólze maistra	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
goldwurz	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
grande chélidoine	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
grande-éclair	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
grande-éclaire	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
great celandine	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
greater calendine	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
greater celandie	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
greater celandine	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Food & Med. in Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pl. in Armenian Trad. Med. for Antimicr. Activity (Ginovyan et al., 2017) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
greater celandine herb	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
herba chelidonii	Other	Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014) WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
herbe aux hirondelles	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
herbe aux verrues	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
herbe de l’hirondelle	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
herbe d’éclair	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
iarbă de negi	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
jeotpool	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
kelta ruoho	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
kirlanĝic otu	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
kkachidari	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
kusanowo	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
mamiran	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
mimirân	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
māmirān	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
nipplewort	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
otompui kina	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
paekgoolchae	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
pilewort	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
rangui-goli	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
rostopască	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
schellkraut	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
schillkraut	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
schwalbenwurtz	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
schölkraut	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
schöllkraut	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
skelört	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ssiatong	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
stinkende gouwe	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
strutene	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
svalert	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
swallow wort	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
swallow wort.	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
swallow-wort	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
swallowwort	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ta-ukogi	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
tetter-wort	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
tetterwort	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
tiges de chelidonine	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
true celandine	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
tshistotel	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
urûq es sabbâghin	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
urûq surf	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
vereurmarohi	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
volosnik	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
wart weed	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
warzenkraut	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
wulstkraut	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
ziele glistnika	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
čistotel bol'šoj	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
чистотіл	Other	Food & Med. in Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015)
ماميران	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
白屈菜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
白屈菜根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
flowering aerial parts		British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
whole plant		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Flowering aerial parts, leaf latex, stems, roots		Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Root		Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
leaves		Herbal Market of Cyprus (Karousou & Deirmentzoglou, 2011)
whole plant		Pl. in Armenian Trad. Med. for Antimicr. Activity (Ginovyan et al., 2017)
	extract	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
herb		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
aerial parts	dried, whole or cut aerial parts	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
aerial parts	dried, whole or cut aerial parts	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
aerial parts		Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)
root		U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
aerial parts, fruits, stems, leaves, flowers, fruits	dried aerial parts, leafed stems with flowers, unripe fruits, ripe fruits, pieces of stems, pieces of leaves, pieces of flowers, pieces of fruits	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
flowering aerial parts	Dried, whole or cut aerial parts, collected during flowering	European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Chelidonium majus	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. in Russia & C Asia (Mamedov et al., 2005) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Chelidonium majus L	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
Chelidonium majus L.	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Ethnobot. in W Granada Province, Spain (Benítez et al., 2010) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Food & Med. in Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbal Market of Cyprus (Karousou & Deirmentzoglou, 2011) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. in Azerbaijan Republic (Ibadullayeva, 2020) Med. Pl. in the Med.: Project Rubia (Gonzalez-Tejero et al., 2008) Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) Pl. in Armenian Trad. Med. for Antimicr. Activity (Ginovyan et al., 2017) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) 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) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Chelidonium majus L. subsp. majus	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Chelidonium majus Linné	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)

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