Plant Details

Accepted name:: Humulus lupulus L. [Cannabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
apiņu ziedi	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Valeriana, rad. & Humulus, flo. (2007)
apynių spurgai	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Valeriana, rad. & Humulus, flo. (2007)
betiguera	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
bine	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
chmelová šištice	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Valeriana, rad. & Humulus, flo. (2007)
chmeľový kvet	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Valeriana, rad. & Humulus, flo. (2007)
common hop	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
common hops	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
commonhop	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
conuri de hamei	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Valeriana, rad. & Humulus, flo. (2007)
cvet navadnega hmelja	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Valeriana, rad. & Humulus, flo. (2007)
echter hopfen	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
european hop	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
european hops	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
fjuri tal-ħops	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Valeriana, rad. & Humulus, flo. (2007)
gewöhnlicher hopfen	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
hachichet addinar	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
hashish-ut-dinaar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
hoblon	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
hombrecillo	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
hop	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Food Pl. in Seven Circum-Medit. Areas (Hadjichambis et al., 2009) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
hop female inflorescence	Other	Geographical Indications for Med. Pl. (Brinckmann, 2015)
hop plant	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
hop strobile	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) EMA Com. Monog.: Humulus lupulus, flo. (2006) EMA Com. Monog.: Valeriana, rad. & Humulus, flo. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
hop vine	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
hopbellen	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Valeriana, rad. & Humulus, flo. (2007)
hopfen	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
hopfenzapfen	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) EMA Com. Monog.: Valeriana, rad. & Humulus, flo. (2007) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
hops	Other	Food & Med. in Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
hops oil	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018) Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
houblon	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
houblon (cône de)	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Valeriana, rad. & Humulus, flo. (2007)
houblon grimpant	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
houblon vulgaire	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
humalakäbi	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Valeriana, rad. & Humulus, flo. (2007)
humle	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Valeriana, rad. & Humulus, flo. (2007) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
humlekopper	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Valeriana, rad. & Humulus, flo. (2007)
humlekotte	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Valeriana, rad. & Humulus, flo. (2007)
humulus	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
humulus lupulus	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
komlótoboz	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Valeriana, rad. & Humulus, flo. (2007)
lupio	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
lupol	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
luppolo	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
luppolo fiore	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Valeriana, rad. & Humulus, flo. (2007)
luppulo	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
lupuli flos	Pharmaceutical	EMA Com. Monog.: Humulus lupulus, flo. (2006) EMA Com. Monog.: Valeriana, rad. & Humulus, flo. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
lupuli glandula	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
lupuli strobulus	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
lupulin	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
lupulino	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
lupulo	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
lupulus	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
lúparo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
lúpulo	Other	Annexo III: Veg. Drugs in Registry of Meds, Argentina (2009) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
lúpulo, cone	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Valeriana, rad. & Humulus, flo. (2007)
lúpulo, flor	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013) Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
lúpulo, flor de	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Valeriana, rad. & Humulus, flo. (2007)
mayaotu	Other	Med. Pl. in Azerbaijan Republic (Ibadullayeva, 2020)
oleoresin hop	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
pi jiu hua	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
pijiuha	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
pijiuhua	Other	Geographical Indications for Med. Pl. (Brinckmann, 2015)
razak	Other	Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
saaz hops	Other	Geographical Indications for Med. Pl. (Brinckmann, 2015)
serbetçiotu	Other	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
strobilus lupuli	Pharmaceutical	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
szyszka chmielu	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Valeriana, rad. & Humulus, flo. (2007)
tettnang hops	Other	Geographical Indications for Med. Pl. (Brinckmann, 2015)
tettnanger hopfen	Other	Geographical Indications for Med. Pl. (Brinckmann, 2015)
vidarria	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
vigne du nord	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
vinho-do-norte	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
xianshema	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
žatecký chmel	Other	Geographical Indications for Med. Pl. (Brinckmann, 2015)
άνθος λυκίσκου	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Valeriana, rad. & Humulus, flo. (2007)
хмел, лист	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Valeriana, rad. & Humulus, flo. (2007)
хміль	Other	Food & Med. in Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015)
‫عشبة الدينار‬	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
啤酒花	Other	Geographical Indications for Med. Pl. (Brinckmann, 2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
female inflorescence		British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
infloresincence femelle		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
flos		EMA Com. Monog.: Humulus lupulus, flo. (2006)
flos		EMA Com. Monog.: Valeriana, rad. & Humulus, flo. (2007)
Inflorescencias femeninas	Inflorescencias femeninas desecadas	Annexo III: Veg. Drugs in Registry of Meds, Argentina (2009)
Strobile		Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Cone, Glandular hairs, Hops, Flower, Fruit	Dry fruit	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
young leaves		Food Pl. in Seven Circum-Medit. Areas (Hadjichambis et al., 2009)
Surface part		Med. Pl. in Azerbaijan Republic (Ibadullayeva, 2020)
flower, root		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
inflorescence	female inflorescence	Geographical Indications for Med. Pl. (Brinckmann, 2015)
hops		Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
female cones	dried membranous female cones	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018)
flower, hops		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
inflorescence	dried strobile or inflorescence	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007)
flower	dried inflorescence	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
inflorescence	oil	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
flower	dried, generally whole, female inflorescence	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
inflorescence	dried inflorescence	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
flower	fluid extract, vegetal drug	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
ripe cones of female flowers	essential oil	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
inflorescence	Dried, generally whole, female inflorescence	European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
inflorescencias femeninas secas, generalmente enteras		Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 12 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Humulus lupulus var. acrocarpus Alef. Landw. Fl.: 389 (1866).
Humulus lupulus var. effusus Alef. Landw. Fl.: 389 (1866).
Humulus lupulus var. fengxianensis J.Q.Fu Acta Bot. Boreal.-Occid. Sin. 12(6): 70 (1992), contrary to Art. 37.3 ICBN (2000).
Humulus lupulus var. silvestris Alef. Landw. Fl.: 389 (1866).
Humulus lupulus var. spaltensis Alef. Landw. Fl.: 389 (1866).
Humulus volubilis Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 176 (1796), nom. superfl.
Humulus vulgaris Gilib. Hist. Pl. Europe 2: 343 (1798).
Lupulus amarus Gilib. Exerc. Phyt. 2: 451 (1792), opus utique oppr.
Lupulus communis Gaertn. Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 358 (1788).
Lupulus humulus Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: [s.p.] (1768).
Lupulus scandens Lam. Fl. Franç. 2: 217 (1779), nom. superfl.
Waldensia lupulina Lavy État Général Vég. Orig.: 14 (1830).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Humulus lupulus	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Fitoterápicos no Brasil (Carvalho et al., 2008) Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997) Med. Pl. in Russia & C Asia (Mamedov et al., 2005) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Humulus lupulus L	Annexo III: Veg. Drugs in Registry of Meds, Argentina (2009)
Humulus lupulus L.	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Checklist of Korean Cult. Plants (Mun-Chan et al., 1986) EMA Com. Monog.: Humulus lupulus, flo. (2006) EMA Com. Monog.: Valeriana, rad. & Humulus, flo. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013) Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) Food & Med. in Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015) Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018) Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008) Food Pl. in Seven Circum-Medit. Areas (Hadjichambis et al., 2009) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Geographical Indications for Med. Pl. (Brinckmann, 2015) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Med. Pl. in Azerbaijan Republic (Ibadullayeva, 2020) Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 3 (WHO, 2007) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Humulus lupulus L. var. lupulus	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Humulus lupulus Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Humulus lupulus Linné	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
Humulus lupus	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)

The following online resources may contain further information about this plant. Please click on any link to search that resource. You may search using the accepted name alone OR using the accepted name and all of its synonyms simultaneously.

Search using just the accepted name

NCBI — (Including Pubmed & GenBank)

— Europe PubMed Central

Google Images

Google Scholar

Encyclopedia of Life

Search using all scientific names used for this plant:

NCBI — (Including Pubmed & GenBank)

— Europe PubMed Central

Google Images