Plant Details

Accepted name:: Dipsacus inermis Wall. [Caprifoliaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
dipsaci radix	Pharmaceutical	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
dipsacus	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
phulee	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
phuli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
syu duan	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
xu duan	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
xuduan	Other	Homegarden Med. Ethnobot. of Naxi in NW Yunnan (Yang et al., 2014)
續斷	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Root		Homegarden Med. Ethnobot. of Naxi in NW Yunnan (Yang et al., 2014)
root	dried root	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 8 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Dipsacus mitis D.Don Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 161 (1825).
Cephalaria cachemirica Decne. in V.Jacquemont, Voy. Inde 4(Bot.): 86 (1841).
Dipsacus auriculatus Royle Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts.: 245 (1835).
Dipsacus inermis var. mitis (D.Don) Y.J.Nasir Fl. W. Pakistan 94: 10 (1975).
Dipsacus roylei Klotzsch Bot. Ergebn. Reise Waldemar: 83 (1862).
Dipsacus strictus D.Don Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 160 (1825), nom. illeg.
Virga inermis (Wall.) Holub Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 8: 175 (1973).
Virga stricta (D.Don) Holub Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 8: 175 (1973).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Dipsacus inermis Wall.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2020 (WHO-UMC, 2020) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2021 (WHO-UMC, 2021) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Dipsacus mitis D. Don	Homegarden Med. Ethnobot. of Naxi in NW Yunnan (Yang et al., 2014)
Dipsacus mitis D.Don	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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