Plant Details

Accepted name:: Oreocnide frutescens (Thunb.) Miq. [Urticaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 4

Oreocnide frutescens subsp. frutescens

Oreocnide frutescens subsp. insignis C.J.Chen

Oreocnide frutescens subsp. nivea (Gagnep.) T.H.Nguyên

Oreocnide frutescens subsp. occidentalis C.J.Chen

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
boehmeriae radix	Pharmaceutical	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)
chail	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
chhyal	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
chiple	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
chiple ghans	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
gaulanto	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
keme	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
lise kuro	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
lyandru	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
nite	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
peda	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
pleta	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
pungi	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
sianru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
syo tolo	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
紫麻	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root		Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Boehmeria frutescens (Thunb.) Thunb. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 2: 339 (1794).
Urtica frutescens Thunb. in J.A.Murray (ed.), Syst. Veg., ed. 14.: 851 (1784).
Villebrunea frutescens (Thunb.) Blume Mus. Bot. 2: 168 (1856).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Boehmeria frutescens Thunberg	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)
Oreocnide frutescens (Thunb.) Miq.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) 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)
Oreocnide frutescens (Thunberg) Miquel	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Urtica frutescens Thunb.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Villebrunea frutescens Bl.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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