Plant Details

Accepted name:

Polygonatum sibiricum Redouté [Asparagaceae]

Source of taxonomy and confidence:

World Checklist ( )

Information about this plant:

Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
huang jing	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 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)
huangjing	Other	Med. Pls. Used by Maonan People in China. (Hong et al., 2015) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
jukdaedunggulle	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
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)
siberian solomon's seal	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
siberian solomon's-seal	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
sibirisk rams	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
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)
黃精	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
黄精	Other	Med. Pls. Used by Maonan People in China. (Hong et al., 2015) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011)

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 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

synonym
Polygonatum chinense Kunth Enum. Pl. 5: 146 (1850).
Convallaria sibirica (Redouté) Ker J. Sci. Arts (London) 1: 182 (1816).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Polygonatum chinense Kunth	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Polygonatum sibiricum	Substances in Medicines, Australia (TGA, 2007)
Polygonatum sibiricum Delar.	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Polygonatum sibiricum Delar. ex Redoute	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Polygonatum sibiricum F. Delaroche	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Polygonatum sibiricum F.Delaroche	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Polygonatum sibiricum Red.	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011)
Polygonatum sibiricum Redout.	A Check-list of the Korean Cultivated Plants (Mun-Chan et al., 1986)
Polygonatum sibiricum Redoute	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
Polygonatum sibiricum Redouté	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Med. Pls. Used by Maonan People in China. (Hong et al., 2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)

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