Plant Details

Accepted name:: Gypsophila vaccaria (L.) Sm. [Caryophyllaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aydama min bash	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
bladder-soapwort	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
china cockle	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cow cockle	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cow herb	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cow soapwort	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cow-soapwort	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cowcockle	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cowherb	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
cowherb seed	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
felonwort	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
field vaccaria	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
foul al-arab	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
ful al-arab	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
hamret ar-ras	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
kuhlkraut	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mai lan cai	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
musna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
panjhara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
qora mug	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
saabuni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
sabuni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
saponaire des vaches	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
semen vaccariae	Pharmaceutical	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
soapwort	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
tomadiya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tysyachegolov piramidal'nyy	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
tysyachegolov posevnoy	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
vaccariae semen	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
wang bu liou sing	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
wang bu liu xing	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
wangbuliuxin g	Other	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
wangbuliuxing	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
åkernejlika	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
حمرة الراس	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
فول العرب	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
ڜرغه	Other	Useful Pl. of Wakhan & Pamir, Afghanistan (Soelberg, 2016)
ṣerɡha	Other	Useful Pl. of Wakhan & Pamir, Afghanistan (Soelberg, 2016)
王不留行	Other	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
王不留行	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
seed	dried ripe seed	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
seed	dried ripe seed	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Seed		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
ripe seed	dried ripe seed	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
Leaf		Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
sap		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
roots		Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
seed	dried ripe seed	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
seed		Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)
seeds, herb		Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 45 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Saponaria vaccaria L. Sp. Pl.: 409 (1753).
Vaccaria grandiflora Jaub. & Spach Ill. Pl. Orient. 3: 40 (1847).
Vaccaria hispanica (Mill.) Rauschert Wiss. Z. Martin-Luther-Univ. Halle-Wittenberg, Math.-Naturwiss. Reihe 14: 496 (1965).
Vaccaria pyramidata Medik. Philos. Bot. 1: 96 (1789).
Vaccaria segetalis (Neck.) Garcke ex Asch. Fl. Brandenburg 1: 84 (1860).
Dianthus inclusus Walp. Repert. Bot. Syst. 1: 268 (1842).
Lychnis vaccaria (L.) Scop. Fl. Carniol., ed. 2, 1: 303 (1771).
Saponaria amplissima Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 4 (1768).
Saponaria hispanica Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8. Errat. (1768).
Saponaria inclusa K.Koch Linnaea 15: 711 (1842).
Saponaria liniflora Boiss. & Hausskn. in P.E.Boissier, Fl. Orient. 1: 525 (1867).
Saponaria oxyodonta Boiss. Fl. Orient. 1: 525 (1867).
Saponaria pentagona Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 512 (1841).
Saponaria perfoliata Roxb. ex Willd. Hort. Berol.: 464 (1809).
Saponaria rubra Lam. Fl. Franç. 2: 541 (1779), nom. superfl.
Saponaria segetalis Neck. Delic. Gallo-Belg.: 194 (1768).
Saponaria vaccaria var. grandiflora Ser. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 1: 365 (1824).
Saponaria vaccaria f. grohii B.Boivin Naturaliste Canad. 93: 645 (1966).
Silene vaccaria E.H.L.Krause in J.W.Sturm, Deutschl. Fl. Abbild., ed. 2. 5: 120 (1901).
Vaccaria arvensis Link Handbuch 2: 240 (1831), nom. superfl.
Vaccaria brachycalyx Pau Trab. Mus. Ci. Nat., Ser. Bot. 14: 10 (1918).
Vaccaria hispanica var. grandiflora (Ser.) Meusel & M.Mühl. in G.Hegi, Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur., ed. 2, 3: 978 (1971).
Vaccaria hispanica subsp. grandiflora (Ser.) Holub Folia Geobot. Phytotax. 11: 83 (1976).
Vaccaria hispanica var. liniflora (Boiss. & Hausskn.) J.Léonard Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 55: 298 (1985).
Vaccaria hispanica subsp. liniflora (Boiss. & Hausskn.) Greuter & Burdet Willdenowia 12: 191 (1982).
Vaccaria hispanica subsp. oxyodonta (Boiss.) Greuter & Burdet Willdenowia 12: 191 (1982).
Vaccaria hispanica var. oxyodonta (Boiss.) J.Léonard Bull. Jard. Bot. Natl. Belg. 55: 298 (1985).
Vaccaria hispanica subsp. pyramidata (Medik.) Holub Preslia 70: 116 (1998).
Vaccaria hispanica subsp. vaccaria (L.) P.Eliáš Fl. Slovenska 6(3): 657 (2012).
Vaccaria hispanica var. vaccaria (L.) Greuter Willdenowia 25: 139 (1995).
Vaccaria inclusa Ledeb. Fl. Ross. 1: 776 (1843).
Vaccaria liniflora (Boiss. & Hausskn.) Bornm. Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 7: 142 (1917).
Vaccaria oxyodonta Boiss. Diagn. Pl. Orient., ser. 2, 1: 68 (1854).
Vaccaria parviflora Moench Methodus: 63 (1794).
Vaccaria perfoliata (Roxb. ex Willd.) Sweet Hort. Brit., ed. 2: 51 (1830).
Vaccaria pyramidalis Prahl Krit. Fl. Schlesw.-Holst. 2(2): 28 (1890).
Vaccaria pyramidata var. grandiflora (Ser.) Maire in É.Jahandiez & al., Cat. Pl. Maroc 3: 878 (1934).
Vaccaria pyramidata subsp. grandiflora (Ser.) Hayek Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 30(1): 218 (1924).
Vaccaria pyramidata var. liniflora (Boiss. & Hausskn.) Cullen Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 27: 214 (1967).
Vaccaria pyramidata var. oxyodonta (Boiss.) Zohary Fl. Palaestina 1: 104 (1966).
Vaccaria segetalis var. grandiflora (Ser.) P.Fourn. Quatre Fl. France: 333 (1936), nom. illeg.
Vaccaria segetalis subsp. pyramidata (Medik.) Dostál Kvĕtena ČSR, ed. 2: 426 (1948).
Vaccaria sessilifolia Sweet Hort. Brit., ed. 2: 51 (1830), nom. superfl.
Vaccaria vaccaria (L.) Huth Helios 11: 136 (1893), not validly publ.
Vaccaria vulgaris Host Fl. Austriaca 1: 518 (1827), nom. superfl.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Gypsophila vaccaria (L.) Sm.	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2021 (WHO-UMC, 2021) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Saponaria vaccaria L.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Saponaria vaccaria Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Vaccaria grandiflora (Fisch. ex DC) Jaub & Spach.	Useful Pl. of Wakhan & Pamir, Afghanistan (Soelberg, 2016)
Vaccaria hispanica (Mill.) Rauschert	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Vaccaria hispanica (Mill.) Rauschert var. hispanica	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002)
Vaccaria hispanica (Miller) Rauschert	Ethnobot. in W Granada Province, Spain (Benítez et al., 2010) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Vaccaria hispanica (P. Mill.) Rauschert	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Vaccaria pyramidata (L.) Medik.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Vaccaria pyramidata Med.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Vaccaria pyramidata Medic.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Vaccaria pyramidata Medicus	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Vaccaria pyramidata Medik.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Vaccaria pyramidata Medikus	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
Vaccaria segetalis	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Vaccaria segetalis (Neck.)	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Vaccaria segetalis (Neck.) Garcke	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Vaccaria segetalis (Neck.)Garcke	TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011)
Vaccaria segetalis Garcke	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Vaccaria segetalis Garke ex Asch.	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Vaccaria segtalis (Neck.) Garcke	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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