Plant Details

Accepted name:: Inula japonica Thunb. [Asteraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 3

Inula japonica var. japonica

Inula japonica var. ovata C.Y.Li

Inula japonica var. ramosa (Kom.) C.Y.Li

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
flos inulae	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
herba inulae	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
inula	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
inula flower	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
inula herb	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
inulae flos	Pharmaceutical	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
inulae herba	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
japanese elecampane	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
jin fei cao	Other	TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011)
jin fo cao	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
jinfeicao	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
rotated, upturned	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
syuan fu hua	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
xuan fu hua	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
xuanfuhua	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
旋覆花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
旋覆花根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
金沸草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
aerial parts	dried aerial parts	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
flower	dried capitulum	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
capitulum	dried capitulum	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
inflorescense, aboveground parts		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
aerial parts	dried aerial parts	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
flower		Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)

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

Inula britannica subsp. japonica (Thunb.) Kitam. Mem. Coll. Sci. Kyoto Imp. Univ., Ser. B, Biol. 13: 263 (1937).
Inula britannica var. japonica (Thunb.) Franch. & Sav. Enum. Pl. Jap. 2: 401 (1878).
Limbarda japonica (Thunb.) Raf. Fl. Tellur. 2: 48 (1837).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Inula britanica L. var. japonica (Thunb.) Franch. & Sav.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Inula britannica (L.) DC. subsp. japonica Kitam	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Inula japonica Thunb.	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Neuraminidase Inhib. Med. Pl. in Lingnan TCM (Liu et al., 2018) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) 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) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Inula japonica Thunberg	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)
Inula japonica Thunebrg	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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