Plant Details

Accepted name:: Blumea balsamifera (L.) DC. [Asteraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ai na xiang	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ainaxiang	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
aipian	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
ambung-ambung	Other	Med. Pl. Kalimantan, Indonesia (Caniago et al., 1998)
bagaro	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
banga-chappa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhangaruda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
blumea balsamifera leaf	Other	Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 1. (1999)
blumeae balsamiferae folii extractum spissum	Pharmaceutical	Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn (DKRI, 2017)
blumeae balsamiferae folium	Pharmaceutical	Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 1st edn (DKRI, 2008)
bonmathane-payoke	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
borneo camphor	Other	Med. Pl. of Myanmar (2008)
buffalo-ear	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
büffelohr	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bīng piàn ài	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
camphrier	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
capa	Other	Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 1. (1999) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
capa sembung	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
capor	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
cepa	Other	Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 1. (1999)
chanpa	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
chapor	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
cuvarru mullanki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
daun sembung	Other	Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 1st edn (DKRI, 2008) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
daun telinga kerbau	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
dog bush	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
dà fēng ài	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
dà máo yào	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
dāo hāi cāi	Other	Med. Pl. of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng et al., 2013)
ekstrak kental daun sembung	Other	Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn (DKRI, 2017)
folium blumaea balsamiferae	Pharmaceutical	Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 1. (1999)
gangaapatri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
hansiyowazu	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
hpon-mathein	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
kakarondaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kakarondra	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kakoranda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kakronda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kakronda buti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kakronda buti ka pani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kakronda buti sabz	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kakroundeh	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
kamadin	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kattu mullani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ku la	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kukkura-dru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kukronda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kukundara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kukuraadra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
l-borneol	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
l-borneolum	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
masurantamako	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
méi piàn ài	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
nagi camphor	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
nagor chandal	Other	Ethnobot. of Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019)
narak-karantai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nat yai	Other	Pl. Used in Phatthalung Province, Thailand (Maneenoon et al., 2015)
ncuah	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ngai camphor	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
ngai camphor tree	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
ngai camphor-plant	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ngai camphorshrub	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
ngai camphortree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
ngai champora	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
niú ěr ài	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
paho	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
pangaro	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
pangkhaper	Other	Ethnobot. of Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019)
phon-ma-thein	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
phone-ma-thein	Other	Med. Pl. of Myanmar (2008)
ranpau	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
sambong	Other	Philippine Herbal Med. (Alvarez, 2005-2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
sanpausi	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
sembang	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sembing	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
semboh	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sembong	Other	Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 1. (1999) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sembung	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sembung legi	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
shan camphor	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
sirowakuako	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
sisuoh	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sombong	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tamakowazu	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
tamracuda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
telinga kerbau	Other	Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 1. (1999) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tu-nukarabon	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
ài nà xiāng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
đại bi	Other	Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
ککرونده	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
三棯草	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
冰片艾	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
土冰片	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
大丁黃	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
大毛药	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
大風艾	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
大风艾	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
大骨風	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
大黃草	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
梅片艾	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
楓草	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
牛耳艾	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
白手龍腦	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
真金草	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
艾納香	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
艾纳香	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
艾纳香、冰片艾	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
艾纳香根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
葉下香	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
蓋手香	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaves		Med. Pl. of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng et al., 2013)
Whole plant		Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
Root		Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
branches, leaves		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Leaf, sap, root		Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
leaves	essential oil from leaves	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
leaves		Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn (DKRI, 2017)
whole plant		Med. Pl. Kalimantan, Indonesia (Caniago et al., 1998)
leaves		Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
Leaf		Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
Leaves		Med. Pl. of Myanmar (2008)
leaves		Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 1. (1999)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 18 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Blumea excisa DC. Prodr. 5: 446 (1836).
Conyza balsamifera L. Sp. Pl., ed. 2.: 1208 (1763).
Pluchea balsamifera (L.) Less. Linnaea 6: 150 (1831).
Baccharis balsamifera (L.) Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 4: 204 (1812).
Baccharis gratissima Blume ex DC. Prodr. 5: 447 (1836).
Baccharis salvia Lour. Fl. Cochinch. 2: 494 (1790).
Blumea appendiculata DC. Prodr. 5: 447 (1836).
Blumea balsamifera var. microcephala Kitam. Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 23: 66 (1968).
Blumea densiflora var. excisa (DC.) C.B.Clarke Compos. Ind.: 89 (1876).
Blumea grandis DC. Prodr. 5: 447 (1836).
Blumea zollingeriana C.B.Clarke Compos. Ind.: 90 (1876).
Conyza appendiculata Blume Bijdr. Fl. Ned. Ind.: 895 (1826), nom. illeg.
Conyza grandis Wall. Numer. List: n.° 3051 (1831), not validly publ.
Conyza vestita Wall. Numer. List: n.° 2998 (1831), not validly publ.
Placus balsamifer (L.) Baill. Hist. Pl. 8: 303 (1882).
Placus grandis (DC.) Baill. Hist. Pl. 8: 303 (1882).
Placus zollingeriana (C.B.Clarke) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 357 (1891).
Pluchea appendiculata Zoll. & Moritzi Natuur- Geneesk. Arch. Ned.-Indië 2: 249 (1845).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Bluemea balsamifera (Linn.) Dc.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Blumea balsamifera	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Blumea balsamifera (L.) A.DC.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Blumea balsamifera (L.) DC	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Blumea balsamifera (L.) DC.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Ethnobot. of Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019) Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 1st edn (DKRI, 2008) Farmakope Herbal Indonesia, 2nd edn (DKRI, 2017) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. & Pois. Pl. 1 (Padua et al., 1999) Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Med. Pl. of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng et al., 2013) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Pl. Used in Phatthalung Province, Thailand (Maneenoon et al., 2015) Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Blumea balsamifera (L.) Dc.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Blumea balsamifera D.C.	Med. Pl. Kalimantan, Indonesia (Caniago et al., 1998) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Blumea balsamifera DC.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Malaysian Herbal Monograph, Vol. 1. (1999) Med. Pl. of Myanmar (2008) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Blumea balsamifera L.	Philippine Herbal Med. (Alvarez, 2005-2022)
Blumea excisa DC.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Bulemea balsamfera	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Conyza balsamifera	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Conyza balsamifera L.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Pluchea balsamifera (L.) Less.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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