Plant Details

Accepted name:: Stachyurus himalaicus Hook.f. & Thomson ex Benth. [Stachyuraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
helwingiae medulla	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
japanese helwingia pith	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
medulla stachyuri	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
medulla stachyuri, medulla helwingiae	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
stachyuri medulla	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
stachyuri medulla, helwingiae medulla	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
stachyurus	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
stachyurus or japanese helwingia pith	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
xiao tong cao	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
xiaotongcao	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
小通草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
小通草叶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
stem pith	dried stem pith	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
stem	dried stem pith	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Others		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
stem pith	dried stem pith	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 7 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Stachyurus brachystachyus (C.Y.Wu & S.K.Chen) Y.C.Tang & Y.L.Cao Acta Bot. Yunnan. 10: 349 (1988).
Stachyurus chinensis var. brachystachyus C.Y.Wu & S.K.Chen Acta Bot. Yunnan. 3: 132 (1981).
Stachyurus chinensis subsp. brachystachyus (C.Y.Wu & S.K.Chen) Y.C.Tang & Y.L.Cao Acta Phytotax. Sin. 21: 246 (1983).
Stachyurus himalaicus var. alatipes C.Y.Wu Acta Bot. Yunnan. 3: 133 (1981).
Stachyurus himalaicus var. dasyrachis C.Y.Wu Acta Bot. Yunnan. 3: 133 (1981).
Stachyurus himalaicus var. microphyllus C.Y.Wu Acta Bot. Yunnan. 3: 133 (1981).
Stachyurus himalaicus subsp. purpureus Y.P.Zhu & Zhi Y.Zhang Acta Phytotax. Sin. 42: 465 (2004).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Stachyurus hi-malaicus Hook. fet. Thoms.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Stachyurus himalaicus	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Stachyurus himalaicus Hook. f. & Thoms.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Stachyurus himalaicus Hook. f. et Thoms.	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Stachyurus himalaicus Hook.f. & Thomson ex Benth.	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Stachyurus himalaicus Hooker et Thompson	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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