Plant Details

Accepted name:

Polygonatum cyrtonema Hua [Asparagaceae]

Source of taxonomy and confidence:

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Information about this plant:

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Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
duo hua huang jing	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
duohuahuangjing	Other	Med. Pls. Used by Maonan People in China. (Hong et al., 2015)
huang jing	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
huangjing	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
many-flower solomon's seal	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
polygonati rhizoma	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
polygonatum	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
polygonatum rhizome	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
rhizoma polygonati	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
siberian solomon seal	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
solomonseal	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
solomonseal rhizome	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
オウセイ	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
多花黃精	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
多花黄精	Other	Med. Pls. Used by Maonan People in China. (Hong et al., 2015)
黃精	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
rhizome	dried rhizome	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
rhizome	rhizome	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Rhizome		Med. Pls. Used by Maonan People in China. (Hong et al., 2015)
rhizome	dried rhizome	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
rhizome		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
rhizome	dried rhizome	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
rhizome	rhizome, usually steamed	Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006)
rhizome		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
rhizome		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 4 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

synonym
Polygonatum brachynema Hand.-Mazz. Symb. Sin. 7: 1208 (1936).
Polygonatum multiflorum var. longifolium Merr. Lingnan Sci. J. 7: 299 (1929 publ. 1931).
Polygonatum henryi Diels Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 29: 247 (1900).
Polygonatum martini H.Lév. Bull. Acad. Int. Géogr. Bot. 12: 262 (1903).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Polygonatum brachynema Hand.-Mazz.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Polygonatum cyrtonema Hua	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Med. Pls. Used by Maonan People in China. (Hong et al., 2015) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Polygonatum cyrtonema Hua.	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
Polygonatum multiflorum L. var. longifolium Merr.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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