Plant Details

Accepted name:: Geranium maculatum L. [Geraniaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
alum	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
alumroot	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
american cranesbill	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
cranes bill	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
cranesbill	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
dovefoot	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
fläcknäva	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
geranium maculatum	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
gerânio	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
old-maids-nightcap	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shameface	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
spotted crane's-bill	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
spotted geranium	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
storksbill	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
wild crane's-bill	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
wild cranesbill	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
wild geranium	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) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root, herb		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
root		Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 7 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Geranium album Myers Amer. Naturalist 4: 438 (1870), nom. illeg.
Geranium ludovicianum Raf. Fl. Ludov.: 89 (1817).
Geranium maculatum f. albiflorum House Bull. New York State Mus. Nat. Hist. 243-244: 48 (1923).
Geranium maculatum var. albiflorum Raf. Med. Fl. 1: 217 (1828), nom. nud.
Geranium maculatum var. album H.M.Myers Amer. Naturalist 4: 438 (1870).
Geranium maculatum var. parviflora N.Coleman Cat. Fl. Pl. S. Pen. Michigan: 10 (1874).
Geranium maculatum var. pleno Lauman in L.H.Bailey, Cycl. Amer. Hort. 2: 640 (1900).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Geranium maculatum	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Geranium maculatum L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) 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. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

Geranium maculatum

Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)

Geranium maculatum L.

GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
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. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019)
WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024)
World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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