Plant Details

Accepted name:: Aster tataricus L.f. [Asteraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aster root	Other	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
aster root and rhizome	Other	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)
asteris radix	Pharmaceutical	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
asteris radix et rhizoma	Pharmaceutical	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
chinese aster	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
chu de wa	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
chu dé wa	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
gaemichwi	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
purple aster	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
radix et rhizoma asteris	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
shion	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
tartarian aster	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
tatarian aster	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
tatarian aster root	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
tatarische aster	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
zi wan	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
zih wan	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
ziwan	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
ཆུ་དེ་ཝ།	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
紫菀	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
rhizome, root	dried root and rhizome	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
root and rhizome	dried root and rhizome	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
root		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
rhizome, root	dried root and rhizome	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
rhizome		Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)
root		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
root and rhizome		Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)
root, rhizome		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 16 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Aster bracteatus Turcz. ex Herder Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 38(I): 387 (1865).
Aster conspicuus Fisch. ex Turcz. Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 19(II): 144 (1846).
Aster faurei H.Lév. & Vaniot Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 7: 102 (1909).
Aster fauriei H.Lév. & Vaniot Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 7: 102 (1909).
Aster intybaceus Kunth & C.D.Bouché Index Seminum (B, Berolinensis) 1845: 11 (1845).
Aster nakaii H.Lév. & Vaniot Bull. Acad. Int. Géogr. Bot., sér. 3, 20: 140 (1909).
Aster pubescens Lam. Encycl. 1: 307 (1783).
Aster rhomboideus Lindl. ex DC. Prodr. 5: 230 (1836).
Aster tataricus var. faurei (H.Lév. & Vaniot) Kitam. Compos. Nov. Jap.: 19 (1831).
Aster tataricus var. hortensis Nakai J. Jap. Bot. 17: 682 (1941).
Aster tataricus var. minor Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 22: 166 (1908).
Aster tataricus var. nakaii (H.Lév. & Vaniot) Kitam. Compos. Nov. Jap.: 20 (1831).
Aster tataricus var. robustus Nakai J. Jap. Bot. 17: 683 (1941).
Aster tataricus var. vernalis Nakai J. Jap. Bot. 17: 682 (1941).
Aster trinervius var. longifolius Franch. & Sav. Enum. Pl. Jap. 1: 222 (1875).
Tripolion tataricum Raf. Fl. Tellur. 2: 46 (1837).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Aster tataricus	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Aster tataricus L.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Aster tataricus L. F.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Aster tataricus L. f.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Aster tataricus L. fil.	Checklist of Korean Cult. Plants (Mun-Chan et al., 1986)
Aster tataricus L.f.	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2022 (WHO-UMC, 2022) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Aster tataricus Linné fil.	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)

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