Plant Details

Accepted name:: Lygodium japonicum (Thunb.) Sw. [Schizaeaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aankhle jhar	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
bahun lahara	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
climbing fern	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
gǎn zhě kè	Other	Med. Pl. of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng et al., 2013)
hai jin sha	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
haijinsha	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
haijinshateng	Other	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
hăijīnshā	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
hǎi jīn shā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
hǎi jīn shā cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
hǎi jīn shā gēn	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
janai lahara	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
janai laharo	Other	MAPs in Makawanpur, C Nepal (Bhattarai & Tamang, 2017)
japanese climbing fern	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
japanese climbing fern spore	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
japanese slender climbing fern	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
japansk klätterbräken	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
jīn shā téng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kani-kusa	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
khunji	Other	Pl. Meds for Musculoskeletal Disorders, N. Pakistan (Malik et al., 2018)
kwani na tutuh	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
larai paya	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
luto jhar	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
luó wǎng téng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
lygodii spora	Pharmaceutical	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
lygodium spore	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
mí lí wǎng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
paku jari	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
pinase	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
sasu	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
spora lygodii	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
tiě xiàn téng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tsuru-shinobu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ukuse jhar	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
zuǒ zhuǎn téng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
左轉藤	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
海金沙藤	Other	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
海金沙	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
海金沙根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
海金沙草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
海金砂	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
狭叶海金沙	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
玎璫髦	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
羅網藤	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
臺灣海金沙	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
迷离网	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
金沙藤	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
鐵綫藤	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
铁线藤	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
鼎炊藤	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
spore	dried ripe spore	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
whole plant		Med. Pl. of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng et al., 2013)
spore	dried ripe spores	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Whole plant		MAPs in Makawanpur, C Nepal (Bhattarai & Tamang, 2017)
Whole plant, Sporangium		Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
Stem		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Roots, Bark		Pl. Meds for Musculoskeletal Disorders, N. Pakistan (Malik et al., 2018)
ripe spore	dried ripe spore	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
root		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
spore		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Spores, whole plant		Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
spore	dried ripe spore	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
spore		Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 19 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Lygodium microstachyum Desv. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. 5: 308 (1811).
Ophioglossum japonicum Thunb. in J.A.Murray (ed.), Syst. Veg., ed. 14.: 926 (1784).
Adiantum scandens Lour. Fl. Cochinch., ed. 2, 2: 837 (1793).
Davallia scandens (Lour.) Sw. J. Bot. (Schrader) 1800(2): 89 (1801).
Hydroglossum dissectum (Desv.) Steud. Nomencl. Bot. 2: 205 (1824).
Hydroglossum japonicum (Thunb.) Willd. Abh. Kurfürstl.-Mainz. Akad. Nützl. Wiss. Erfurt 2(4): 26 (1802).
Lygodium chaerophylloides Desv. Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 6: 205 (1827).
Lygodium cochinchinense (Poir.) Desv. Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 6: 206 (1827).
Lygodium dissectum Desv. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. 5: 308 (1811).
Lygodium finlaysonianum Wall. Numer. List: n.° 2002; Pr. Suppl. 112. (1829).
Lygodium hazaricum F.Haq Trop. Pl. Res., Lucknow 4(2): 358-362 (2017).
Lygodium japonicum f. elongatum Alderw. Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 2, 1: 10 (1911).
Lygodium japonicum var. microstachyum (Desv.) C.Chr. & Tardieu in P.H.Lecomte, Fl. Indo-Chine 7(2): 38 (1939).
Lygodium mearnsii Copel. Philipp. J. Sci., C 3: 37 (1908).
Lygodium microphyllum Link Hort. Berol. 2: 141 (1833), nom. illeg.
Lygodium microstachyum var. glabrescens Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 41: 686 (1927).
Lygodium pubescens Kaulf. Enum. Filic.: 47 (1824).
Lygodium tenue Blume Enum. Pl. Javae 2: 254 (1828).
Trichomanes cochinchinense Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 8: 83 (1808).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Lygodium japonicum	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Lygodium japonicum (Thunb. Ex Murr.) Sw.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Lygodium japonicum (Thunb. ex Murr.) Sw.	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Lygodium japonicum (Thunb.) Sw.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) MAPs in Makawanpur, C Nepal (Bhattarai & Tamang, 2017) Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Med. Pl. of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng et al., 2013) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Pl. Meds for Musculoskeletal Disorders, N. Pakistan (Malik et al., 2018) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Lygodium japonicum (Thunb.) Sweet	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
Lygodium japonicum (Thunberg) Swartz	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Lygodium japonicum Sw.	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002)
Lygodium japonicum Swartz	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)
Lygodium japonicum Sweet	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Lygodium microstachyum Desv.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Lygodium microstachyum Desvaux	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Lytgodium japonicum	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Ophioglossum japonicum Thunb.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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