Plant Details

Accepted name:: Dianthus caryophyllus L. [Caryophyllaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
border carnation	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
carnation	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
clavel	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016) Ethnobot. of Med. Pl. in La Paz, Bolivia (Macía et al., 2005) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Med. Pl. at Markets in S Ecuador (Tinitana et al., 2016) Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
clavel blanco	Other	Ethnobot. of Med. Pl. in La Paz, Bolivia (Macía et al., 2005)
clove gilliflower	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
clove pink	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016) 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) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cravo branco	Other	Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007)
cravo-branco	Other	Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
dianthus caryophyllus whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
divine-flower	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
garten-nelke	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
gilly-flower	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
kangnaixin	Other	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
khrenfel	Other	Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000)
land-nelke	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
mekhak	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
nelke	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
oeillet	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
oeillet des fleuristes	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
oranda-nadeshiko	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
picotee	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pink	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
qanafer	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
qinifil	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
qronfel	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
trädgårdsnejlika	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
zaw-hmwa-gyi	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
康乃馨	Other	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Flower		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Flower		Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000)
Flower		Med. Pl. at Markets in S Ecuador (Tinitana et al., 2016)
flower, aerial part, leaf		Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
flower, leaves	juice of plant	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
flower		Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007)
flower		Ethnobot. of Med. Pl. in La Paz, Bolivia (Macía et al., 2005)
flower		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 23 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Caryophyllus tunica Garsault Fig. Pl. Méd.: t. 203 (1764), opus utique rej.
Dianthus acinifolius Schur Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 97 (1866).
Dianthus arbuscula Lindl. Bot. Reg. 13: t. 1086 (1827).
Dianthus arrectus Dumort. Fl. Belg.: 196 (1827).
Dianthus binatus Schur Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 97 (1866).
Dianthus caryophyllus var. carduinus Ser. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 1: 359 (1824).
Dianthus caryophyllus var. coronarius L. Sp. Pl. 1: 410 (1753).
Dianthus caryophyllus subsp. coronarius (L.) Bonnier Fl. Ill. France 2: 44 (1913).
Dianthus caryophyllus f. intermedius Pamp. Boll. Mus. Republ. San Marino 1: 142 (1917).
Dianthus caryophyllus minor Moris Fl. Sardoa 1: 231 (1837), nom. illeg.
Dianthus caryophyllus var. minor Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 644 (1821 publ. 1822).
Dianthus caryophyllus var. wakefieldii C.Morren Hort. Belge 2: 7 (1834).
Dianthus coronarius (L.) Burm.f. Fl. Indica, Prodr. Fl. Cap.: 13 (1768).
Dianthus corsicus Link ex Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 2: 376 (1825).
Dianthus kayserianus Schur Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 97 (1866).
Dianthus longicaulis Costa Introd. Fl. Cataluña: 36 (1864).
Dianthus miniatus A.Huet ex Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 105 (1878).
Dianthus morrisii Hance London J. Bot. 7: 472 (1848).
Dianthus moschatus J.F.Gmel. Syst. Nat., ed. 13[bis].: 711 (1791).
Dianthus multinervis Vis. Fl. Dalmat. 3: 164 (1850).
Silene caryophylla (L.) E.H.L.Krause in J.W.Sturm, Deutschl. Fl. Abbild., ed. 2. 5: 111 (1901).
Tunica caryophyllus (L.) Scop. Fl. Carniol., ed. 2, 1: 301 (1771).
Tunica morrisii (Hance) Walp. Ann. Bot. Syst. 2: 101 (1851).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Dianthus carophyllus Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Dianthus caryophyllus	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Dianthus caryophyllus L.	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016) Ethnobot. of Med. Pl. in La Paz, Bolivia (Macía et al., 2005) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. & Magic Pl. from a Market, Brazil (de Albuquerque et al., 2007) Med. Pl. at Markets in S Ecuador (Tinitana et al., 2016) Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000) Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2025) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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