Plant Details

Accepted name:: Valeriana jatamansi Jones ex Roxb. [Caprifoliaceae]
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Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
albi	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
asaarun	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
asarun	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
baalaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
bala	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
bala-tagra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
balamushkwali	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
balchhari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
banafsha	Other	Ethnobot. of Weed Flora, Swat, Pakistan (Khan et al., 2016)
banbansi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
banbasi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
barhana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chakra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
chargodar	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
chhalgudi	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
danda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dandahasta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dating	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
dipana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
farasiyun (faristariun)	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ganthode	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
ghodawaj	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
grandhi tagaramu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
hasti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
indian valerian	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
indischer baldrian	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
jalashiuli	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
jatale	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jatamans valeriana rhizome	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2010)
jatamansi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
jihma	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jimha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaalaanusaari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kaalaanusaarikaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalanusaraka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
kalanusari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalanusarika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalanusariva	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
kalanusarya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kunchina	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kutil	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kutila	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kālānusāri	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
kālānusārikā	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
laghusha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mahoraga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mandibattal	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
mandibattalu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
mandyavanthu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
mansi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mashkebala	Other	Ethnobot. of Pl. Resources, N Pakistan (Sher & Hussain, 2009)
murma	Other	Med. Pl. for Women Diseases, Sawat, Pakistan (Sarwat et al. 2012)
musakbala	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
mushakbala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mushk bala	Other	Econ. & Ecolog. Important Pl. Commun., Pakistan (Sher et al., 2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. in Alpine and Sub-Alpine Pakistan (Kayani et al., 2015) Med. Pl. of Utror-Gabral Valleys, Pakistan (Hamayun et al., 2003)
mushk-e-bala	Other	Ethnomed. of Marghazar Valley, Pakistan (Yousufzai et al., 2010) Folk Med. Knwlg. & Consv., Swat, Pakistan (Hamayun et al., 2006) Med. Pl. & Consv. Status, Shangla, Pakistan (Razzaq et al., 2015) NTFPS in Swat, Pakistan (Latif et al., 2006) Non-Timber Forest Prod. in Swat, Pakistan (Bilal et al., 2020) Sustainab. of Ethno-Med. Uses, N Pakistan (Adnan et al., 2006)
mushkabala	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
mushkaybala	Other	Sustainable Use of Med. & Arom. Pl. Pakistan (Sher et al., 2017)
mushkbaalaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
mushkbala	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
mushkebala	Other	Ethnobot. of Pl. Resources in Swat, Pakistan (Ali et al., 2011) Ethnopharm. Important Med. Pl., N Pakistan (Sher et al., 2010)
mushkibala	Other	Threatened Med. Pl. of Kashmir, India (Lone et al., 2014)
mushkobala	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
muskay bala	Other	High Value Med. Pl. to Pakistani Communities (Sher et al., 2014)
muske bala	Other	Med. Pl. of Utror-Gabral Valleys, Pakistan (Hamayun et al., 2003)
naati jatamaansi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nagara	Other	Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
nagbo	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
nahusa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nahushakhya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nandu batlu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nandyavartha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
naswan	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
nata	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
natah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nhakapai	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
nihani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nitarbala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
padika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
parthiva	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pindatagara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
poti	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
rgya spos	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rgya-spos	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
samaya	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
sameo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sameva	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
samewa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
samyo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shadamangie	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shameo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shangatai	Other	Pl. of Shawar Valley, Pakistan (Hussain et al., 2006)
shatha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shatra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shingatai	Other	Med. Pl. in Mountainous Chail Valley, Pakistan (Ahmad et al., 2014)
shumeo	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
smak	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
somppan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
span spos	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
span-spos	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sugandhabaalaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
sugandhabala	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
sugandhawat	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
sugandhbala	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
sugandhwal	Other	Med. Pl., Trad. Med., Markets in Nepal (Kunwar et al., 2013)
sumaya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
swak	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ta-kha-ra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tagar	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
tagar balatagra	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
tagar gantho	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
tagar ganthoda	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
tagar paduka	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
tagar-ganthoda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tagar-ganthodaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
tagara	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
tagara (rhizome)	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
tagarah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tagarai	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
tagaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tagarapaduka	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
tagarreshewaalaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
taggar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
takaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thagar mool	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thagara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thakaram	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
thuwarala	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
vakra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
valerian	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
valerianae jatamansi rhizoma et radix	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
vinamra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
zhi zhu xiang	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
zhizhuxiang	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
蜘蛛香	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Root		High Value Med. Pl. to Pakistani Communities (Sher et al., 2014)
Rhizome		Med. Pl. of Utror-Gabral Valleys, Pakistan (Hamayun et al., 2003)
Rhizome		Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
Roots		Med. Pl. in Alpine and Sub-Alpine Pakistan (Kayani et al., 2015)
Rhizome		Med. Pl. in Mountainous Chail Valley, Pakistan (Ahmad et al., 2014)
Entire plant		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
Rhizome, root		Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Rhizome		Non-Timber Forest Prod. in Swat, Pakistan (Bilal et al., 2020)
Stem, roots		Med. Pl. for Women Diseases, Sawat, Pakistan (Sarwat et al. 2012)
Rhizomes		Med. Pl. & Consv. Status, Shangla, Pakistan (Razzaq et al., 2015)
Rhizome		Ethnopharm. Important Med. Pl., N Pakistan (Sher et al., 2010)
rhizomes		Sustainable Use of Med. & Arom. Pl. Pakistan (Sher et al., 2017)
Rhizome		Ethnobot. of Pl. Resources, N Pakistan (Sher & Hussain, 2009)
rhizome		Ethnobot. of Pl. Resources in Swat, Pakistan (Ali et al., 2011)
rhizome		Econ. & Ecolog. Important Pl. Commun., Pakistan (Sher et al., 2011)
Rhizome		Ethnomed. of Marghazar Valley, Pakistan (Yousufzai et al., 2010)
Rhizome		NTFPS in Swat, Pakistan (Latif et al., 2006)
Rhizome		Folk Med. Knwlg. & Consv., Swat, Pakistan (Hamayun et al., 2006)
roots		Threatened Med. Pl. of Kashmir, India (Lone et al., 2014)
rhizome, root	essential oil	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
roots	dry plant material	Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
rhizome	dried rhizome	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
rhizome, stolon, root	predominantly dried rhizome, stolon and small portion of root	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
Root, Whole Plant		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 9 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Valeriana wallichii DC. Prodr. 4: 640 (1830).
Valeriana harmsii Graebn. Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 59: 32 (1898).
Valeriana hygrobia Briq. Annuaire Conserv. Jard. Bot. Genève 17: 329 (1914).
Valeriana jatamansi var. frondosa Hand.-Mazz. Acta Horti Gothob. 9: 171 (1934).
Valeriana jatamansi var. glabra Merr. J. Arnold Arbor. 23: 196 (1942).
Valeriana jatamansi var. hygrobia (Briq.) Hand.-Mazz. Acta Horti Gothob. 9: 172 (1934).
Valeriana mairei H.Lév. Bull. Géogr. Bot. 24: 281 (1914).
Valeriana spica Vahl Enum. Pl. Obs. 2: 13 (1805), nom. superfl.
Valeriana violifolia Griff. Not. Pl. Asiat. 4: 213 (1854).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Valeriana jatamansi	Med. Pl. of Utror-Gabral Valleys, Pakistan (Hamayun et al., 2003) NTFPS in Swat, Pakistan (Latif et al., 2006) Non-Timber Forest Prod. in Swat, Pakistan (Bilal et al., 2020)
Valeriana jatamansi Jones	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Ethnobot. of Pl. Resources, N Pakistan (Sher & Hussain, 2009) Ethnobot. of Swat Valley, Pakistan (Ali et al., 2018) Ethnobot. of Weed Flora, Swat, Pakistan (Khan et al., 2016) Folk Med. Knwlg. & Consv., Swat, Pakistan (Hamayun et al., 2006) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) High Value Med. Pl. to Pakistani Communities (Sher et al., 2014) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Med. Pl. in Mountainous Chail Valley, Pakistan (Ahmad et al., 2014) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. of Shawar Valley, Pakistan (Hussain et al., 2006) Sustainable Use of Med. & Arom. Pl. Pakistan (Sher et al., 2017) Threatened Med. Pl. of Kashmir, India (Lone et al., 2014) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Valeriana jatamansi Jones ex Roxb.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Valeriana jatamansi Jones.	Econ. & Ecolog. Important Pl. Commun., Pakistan (Sher et al., 2011) Ethnobot. of Pl. Resources in Swat, Pakistan (Ali et al., 2011) Ethnomed. of Marghazar Valley, Pakistan (Yousufzai et al., 2010) Ethnopharm. Important Med. Pl., N Pakistan (Sher et al., 2010) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Sustainab. of Ethno-Med. Uses, N Pakistan (Adnan et al., 2006)
Valeriana jatamansii	Med. Pl. for Women Diseases, Sawat, Pakistan (Sarwat et al. 2012)
Valeriana jatamansii Jonec	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Valeriana jatamansii Jones	Med. Pl. & Consv. Status, Shangla, Pakistan (Razzaq et al., 2015) Med. Pl. in Alpine and Sub-Alpine Pakistan (Kayani et al., 2015) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Valeriana wallachii	Med. Pl. of Utror-Gabral Valleys, Pakistan (Hamayun et al., 2003)
Valeriana wallichii	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl., Trad. Med., Markets in Nepal (Kunwar et al., 2013)
Valeriana wallichii DC	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
Valeriana wallichii DC.	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Sustainab. of Ethno-Med. Uses, N Pakistan (Adnan et al., 2006) Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Valleriana jatamansi	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)

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