Plant Details

Accepted name:: Artemisia dracunculus L. [Asteraceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants
Infraspecies:: 6

Artemisia dracunculus var. changaica (Krasch.) Y.R.Ling

Artemisia dracunculus var. dracunculus

Artemisia dracunculus subsp. ladakhensis L.Ali, Khuroo & A.H.Ganie

Artemisia dracunculus var. pamirica (C.Winkl.) Y.R.Ling & Humphries

Artemisia dracunculus var. qinghaiensis Y.R.Ling

Artemisia dracunculus var. turkestanica Krasch.

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
dehydrated tarragon	Other	ISO Catalogue (2009)
dona-ban	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
dragon	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
dragon s-mugwort	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dragon's-wort	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
dragoncillo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
estragon	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
estragon oil	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
estragão	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
estragón	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
estragón, aceite esencial	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)
false tarragon	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
french tarragon	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
green sagewart	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
green sagewort	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
jú kē	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kechki shuwok	Other	Med. Pl. Chatkal Reserve, Uzbekistan (Egamberdieva et al., 2012)
lóng ài	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
oil of tarragon, french type	Other	ISO Catalogue (2009)
polyn estragon	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
polyn' estragon	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
russian tarragon	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sars	Other	Useful Pl. of Wakhan & Pamir, Afghanistan (Soelberg, 2016)
sherolgin	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
shyraalzhyn shybak	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
silky wormwood	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
tagantes	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
taragon	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
tarhun	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Med. Pl. in E Black Sea Region of Turkey (Toksoy et al., 2010)
tarkhoun	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
tarkhun	Other	Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013) Survey in Kohghiluyeh va Boyer Ahmad, Iran (Mosaddegh et al., 2012)
tarragon	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) ISO Catalogue (2009) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. Pl. Use: Tajik & Afghan Pamirs (Kassam et al., 2010) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
tarragon oil	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018) Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
tsextsak	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Tajik & Afghan Pamirs (Kassam et al., 2010)
wild tarragon	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
wormwood	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
xiāng ài jú	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ài shǔ	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
سَرس	Other	Useful Pl. of Wakhan & Pamir, Afghanistan (Soelberg, 2016)
طرخون	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
椒蒿	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
艾属	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
菊科	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
香艾菊	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
龙艾	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
whole plant		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
Aerial part		Survey in Kohghiluyeh va Boyer Ahmad, Iran (Mosaddegh et al., 2012)
Branch		Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000)
Leaf		Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
leaf, frond		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Root		Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
leaf		Med. Pl. in E Black Sea Region of Turkey (Toksoy et al., 2010)
leaves		Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
leaves, stems, flowers		Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018)
flower, leaf, stem	oil	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
	oil	ISO Catalogue (2009)
aerial parts	essential oil	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
ramas, hojas, flores		Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)
plant, leaves		Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)

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

Artemisia dracunculus subsp. typica H.M.Hall & Clem. Phylogen. Meth.: 115 (1923), not validly publ.
Draconia dracunculus (L.) Soják Čas. Nár. Muz., Rada Přír. 152: 20 (1983).
Oligosporus dracunculus (L.) Poljakov Trudy Inst. Bot. Akad. Nauk Kazakhst. S.S.R. 11: 166 (1961).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Artemesia dracunculus	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Artemesia dracunculus L.	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018) Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
Artemisia dracunculus	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Med. Pl. in E Black Sea Region of Turkey (Toksoy et al., 2010) Med. Pl. in Russia & C Asia (Mamedov et al., 2004) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000)
Artemisia dracunculus L.	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) ISO Catalogue (2009) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. Pl. Chatkal Reserve, Uzbekistan (Egamberdieva et al., 2012) Med. Pl. Use: Tajik & Afghan Pamirs (Kassam et al., 2010) Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013) Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Survey in Kohghiluyeh va Boyer Ahmad, Iran (Mosaddegh et al., 2012) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Useful Pl. of Wakhan & Pamir, Afghanistan (Soelberg, 2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) 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)
Artemisia dracunculus L. ssp. dracunculus	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
Artemisia dracunculus Linnaeus	ISO Catalogue (2009)
Artemisia dracunsculus	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Artemisia dranunculus L.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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