Plant Details

Accepted name:: Euryale ferox Salisb. [Nymphaeaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ankalodya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
cian shih	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
euryale	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
euryale seed	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
euryales semen	Pharmaceutical	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
fox nut	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
foxnut	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gasiryeon	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
gasiyeonkkot	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
gordon euryale seed	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
gorgan nut	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
gorgon	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
gorgon waterlily	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
gorgon-fruit	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karuntamarai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
machana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
makhaanaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
makhaann	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
makhana	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
makhana lawah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
makhanna	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
makhna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mallani-padman	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mellunipadma	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mellunipadmanu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mukareh	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mukhareh	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
onibasu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
paaniyaphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
padma	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
padma-bijaabha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
padmabijabha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paniyaphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
phoolmakhana	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
qian	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
qian shi	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
qianshi	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
rävnäckros	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
semen euryales	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
talmakhana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
芡实	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011)
芡实叶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
芡实根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
芡实茎	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
芡實	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
fruit	dried kernel	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
seed	ripe seed	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Fruits		Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ripe seed	dried ripe seed	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
seed		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
seed		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
fruit	dried kernel	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
seed		Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)
Fruit (Seed)		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
seed		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
seed	ripe seed	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Anneslea spinosa Andrews Bot. Repos. 10: t. 618 (1811).
Euryale ferox f. ussuriense Regel Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, Sér. 7, 4(4): 15 (1861).
Euryale indica Planch. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 19: 29 (1853).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Euryale ferox	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Euryale ferox Salisb.	Checklist of Korean Cult. Plants (Mun-Chan et al., 1986) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Euryale ferox Salisb. Ex K. D. Koenig & Sims	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Euryale ferox Salisb. ex K.D. Koenig	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017)
Euryale ferox Salisb. ex K.D. Koenig & Sims	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Euryale ferox Salisb. ex K.D.Koenig	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
Euryale ferox Salisbury	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Eurylae ferox Salisbury	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)

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