Plant Details

Accepted name:: Paris yunnanensis Franch. [Melanthiaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
chong lou	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
chonglou	Other	Homegarden Med. Ethnobot. of Naxi in NW Yunnan (Yang et al., 2014) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
dian chong lou	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
gongxuening capsules	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
gongxuening jiaonang	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
herb-paris	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
paridis rhizoma	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
paris root	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010)
rhizoma paridis	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
yunnan chong lou	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
云南重楼	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
枣叶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
重楼	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
rhizome	dried rhizome	Pharmacop. of China (2010)
Rhizome		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Root		Homegarden Med. Ethnobot. of Naxi in NW Yunnan (Yang et al., 2014)
rhizome		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
rhizome	dried rhizome	Pharmacop. of China (2005)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 16 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Paris polyphylla var. yunnanensis (Franch.) Hand.-Mazz. Symb. Sin. 7: 1216 (1936).
Daiswa birmanica Takht. Brittonia 35: 259 (1983).
Daiswa yunnanensis (Franch.) Takht. Brittonia 35: 257 (1983).
Paris aprica H.Lév. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 6: 265 (1909).
Paris atrata H.Lév. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 536 (1913).
Paris birmanica (Takht.) H.Li & Noltie Edinburgh J. Bot. 54: 351 (1997).
Paris cavaleriei H.Lév. & Vaniot Mem. Pontif. Accad. Romana Nuovi Lincei 24: 354 (1906).
Paris christii H.Lév. Bull. Acad. Int. Géogr. Bot., sér. 3, 12: 255 (1903).
Paris daliensis H.Li & V.G.Soukup Acta Bot. Yunnan., Suppl. 5: 15 (1992).
Paris franchetiana H.Lév. Bull. Acad. Int. Géogr. Bot., sér. 3, 12: 256 (1903).
Paris gigas H.Lév. & Vaniot Mem. Pontif. Accad. Romana Nuovi Lincei 24: 354 (1906).
Paris mercieri H.Lév. Bull. Acad. Int. Géogr. Bot., sér. 3, 12: 255 (1903).
Paris pinfaensis H.Lév. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 6: 265 (1909).
Paris polyphylla var. emeiensis H.X.Yin, Hao Zhang & D.Xue Acta Phytotax. Sin. 45: 823 (2007).
Paris polyphylla var. nana H.Li Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 6(1): 123 (1986).
Paris polyphylla f. velutina H.Li & Noltie Edinburgh J. Bot. 54: 352 (1997).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Paris polyphylla Sm. var. yunnanensis (Franch.) Hand.-Mazz.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Paris polyphylla Smith var yunnanensis (Fr.) Hand.-Mazz.	Homegarden Med. Ethnobot. of Naxi in NW Yunnan (Yang et al., 2014)
Paris polyphylla Smith var. yunnanensis (Franch.) Hand. -Mazz.	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Paris polyphylla Smith var. yunnanensis (Franch.) Hand.-Mazz.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Paris polyphylla var. yunanensis	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Paris polyphylla var. yunnanensis (Franch.) Hand.-mazz.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Paris yunnanensis Franch.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Paris yunnanensis Franchet	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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