Plant Details

Accepted name:: Pyrrosia lingua (Thunb.) Farw. [Polypodiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
felt fern	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
folium pyrrosiae	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
fēi dāo jiàn	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
japanese felt fern	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
pyrrosia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
pyrrosia leaf	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
pyrrosiae folium	Pharmaceutical	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
shearer's pyrrosia leaf	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
shi wei	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
shih wei	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
shiwei	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)
shí jiàn	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
shí lán	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
shí wéi	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
shí wěi cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tongue fern	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
tounge fern	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
zhǎn shé jiàn	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
斬蛇劍	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
矩圆石韦	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
石劍	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
石葦草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
石蘭	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
石韋	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
石韦	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
飛刀劍	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaf	dried leaf	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
leaf	dried leaf	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Whole plant		Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
Leaf		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
leaf	dried leaf	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
whole shoot system		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
leaf		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
leaf	dried leaf	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
leaf		Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 17 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Acrostichum lingua Thunb. in J.A.Murray (ed.), Syst. Veg., ed. 14.: 928 (1784).
Niphobolus lingua (Thunb.) Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 4(1): 45 (1827).
Niphobolus martini Christ Mém. Soc. Bot. France 1: 23 (1905).
Polypodium lingua (Thunb.) Sw. Syn. Fil. (Kiliae): 29 (1806).
Pyrrosia martini (Christ) Ching Acta Phytotax. Sin. 10: 304 (1965).
Craspedaria chinensis Link Fil. Spec.: 118 (1841).
Cyclophorus bodinieri H.Lév. Fl. Kouy-Tchéou: 478 (1915).
Cyclophorus lingua (Thunb.) Desv. Mém. Soc. Linn. Paris 6: 224 (1827).
Cyclophorus lingua var. angustifrons Hayata Icon. Pl. Formosan. 5: 264 (1915).
Cyclophorus lingua var. attenuata Rosenst. Hedwigia 56: 347 (1915).
Cyclophorus martini (Christ) C.Chr. Index Filic.: 199 (1905).
Cyclophorus taiwanensis (Christ) C.Chr. Index Filic.: 201 (1905).
Niphobolus sinensis Loudon in J.C.Loudon, Hort. Brit., Suppl. 2: 651 (1839).
Polycampium lingua (Thunb.) C.Presl Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 3: 496 (1845).
Polypodium taiwanense Christ Monsunia 1: 60 (1900).
Pyrrosia caudifrons Ching, Boufford & K.H.Shing J. Arnold Arbor. 64: 37 (1983).
Pyrrosia medogensis Ching & S.K.Wu Fl. Xizang. 1: 335 (1983).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Acrostichum lingua Thunb.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Niphobolus lingua	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Niphobolus martinii Christ	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Polypodium lingua	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Polypodium lingua Sweet	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Pyrrosia lingua	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Pyrrosia lingua (Thunb.) Farw.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) 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)
Pyrrosia lingua (Thunb.) Farwell	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) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Pyrrosia lingua (Thunberg) Farwell	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)
Pyrrosia lingua Farwell	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Pyrrosia martinii (Christ) Ching	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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