Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
atunjaq	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
azereon	Other	Survey of Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000)
calendola	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
calendula	Other	Dizionario delle Erbe Med. (Suozzi, 1995) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
calendula flower	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
calendula flowers	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Calendula officinalis, flo. (2007)
calendula officinalis	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
calendulae flos	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) EMA Com. Monog.: Calendula officinalis, flo. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (2010) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
calendulae flos cum calyce	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
calendulae flos sine calyce	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
calendulae herba	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)
caléndula	Other	Annexo III: Veg. Drugs in Registry of Meds, Argentina (2009) Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
caléndula, flor	Other	Farmacopea Argentina, 8th edn. (2012) Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)
calêndula	Other	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (2010) Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
chinese safflower	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
cuc kim tiên	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
djamir	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
djomaira	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
feminell	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
fiorrancio	Other	Dizionario delle Erbe Med. (Suozzi, 1995)
flamenquilla	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
fleur de calandule	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
fleur de souci	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
fleur de souci officinal	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
fleurs de tous les mois	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
flores calendulae	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014)
flos calendulae	Pharmaceutical	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
gada ful	Other	Ethnomed. of Garo Hills, Durgapur, Bangladesh (Khan et al., 2015)
garden marigold	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
garden-marigold	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
garten-ringelblume	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
geumjanhwa	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
gold-bloom	Other	Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
goldblume	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
gole hamisheh bahar	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
hen and chickens	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
ibhosisi	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
jin zhan ju	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
kalendoula	Other	The Herbal Market of Cyprus (Karousou & Deirmentzoglou, 2011)
kalendula	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
körömvirag	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
le brgan chung ba	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
lellousha	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
lé gen chungwa	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
maravilla	Other	Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996) Dizionario delle Erbe Med. (Suozzi, 1995) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
marigold	Other	Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) Food & Med. in Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) The Plant-Book (Mabberley, 1996) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
mary-bud	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
marybud	Other	Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
mercadela	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
nogot'ki lekarstvennye	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
ododo-maria	Other	Med. Plants in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo, 2008)
ok-hhawan	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
pot marigold	Other	Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
pot or scotch marigold	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pot-marigold	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
qaraqus	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
qawqhan	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
quaqahan	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
ringblomma	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
ringelblume	Other	Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) Kräuter Gewürze und Heilpflanzen (Bremness, 1994) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
ringelblumenblüten	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
ringelblumenkraut	Other	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)
ringelblüten	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
ringflower	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
roja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ruddles	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
saialill	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
sciure’e sant’antonio	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
scotch-marigold	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
scottish-marigold	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
soici	Other	Les Plantes Arom. et Med. (Bremness, 1996)
souci	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
souci des jardins	Other	Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
souci officinal	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
tabsoult	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
toukinsenka	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
tousslat	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
tō-kin-sen-ka	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
uchu k’aspa	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
virreina	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
xu xi	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
zendu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
zergul zerzira	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
zobeida	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
zubaydah	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
календула	Other	Food & Med. in Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015)
нагідки	Other	Food & Med. in Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015)
ལེ་བརྒན་ཆུང་བ།	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
flower without receptacle		British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
capitulum		Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Leaves, root		Med. Plants in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo, 2008)
flos		EMA Com. Monog.: Calendula officinalis, flo. (2007)
Flores	Flores desecadas	Annexo III: Veg. Drugs in Registry of Meds, Argentina (2009)
Flower		Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Flower, Herb, Flower bud, Flowering top	Flower oil, Oil	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
inﬂorescences		The Herbal Market of Cyprus (Karousou & Deirmentzoglou, 2011)
leaf, fruit		Survey of Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000)
flower	dried flower	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
flower, ess. oil		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
flower	whole or cut dried flower	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
flower	whole or cut, dried, and fully opened flower	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
flower		Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
leaf		Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
flower	flowers, whole or cut	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (2010)
flower	Whole or cut, dried, and fully opened flowers that have been detached from the receptacle of the cultivated, double-flowered varieties	European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
flower	dried flowers, whole or cut	Farmacopea Argentina, 8th edn. (2012)
flores liguladas secas, enteras o cortadas		Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 12 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Calendula aurantiaca Kotschy ex Boiss. Exsicc. (Pl. Pers. Austr.) 1845: n.° 295 (1845).
Calendula eriocarpa DC. Prodr. 6: 53 (1838).
Calendula hydruntina Lanza Atti Accad. Sci. Palermo, ser. 3, 12: 113 (1923).
Calendula officinalis var. parviflora Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 3(3): 140 (1898).
Calendula officinalis f. pleniflora Moldenke Phytologia 4: 175 (1953).
Calendula officinalis var. prolifera Gaudin Fl. Helv. 5: 416 (1829).
Calendula prolifera Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 256 (1840).
Calendula ranunculodes Voss Vilm. Blumengärtn. ed. 3. 1: 539 (1894), pro syn.
Calendula santamariae Font Quer Butl. Inst. Catalana Hist. Nat. 32: 120 (1932).
Calendula sinuata Boiss. & Gaill. in P.E.Boissier, Diagn. Pl. Orient., ser. 2, 6: 109 (1859).
Calendula sinuata var. aurantiaca (Kotschy ex Boiss.) Boiss. Fl. Orient. 3: 416 (1875).
Caltha officinalis (L.) Moench Methodus: 585 (1794).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Calendula officinalis	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Med. Pl. and Extracts Market News Service (Brinkmann et al., 2009) Med. Plants in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo, 2008) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) Substances in Medicines, Australia (TGA, 2007)
Calendula officinalis L.	A Check-list of the Korean Cultivated Plants (Mun-Chan et al., 1986) Annexo III: Veg. Drugs in Registry of Meds, Argentina (2009) Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996) British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Dizionario delle Erbe Med. (Suozzi, 1995) EMA Com. Monog.: Calendula officinalis, flo. (2007) Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) Ethnomed. of Garo Hills, Durgapur, Bangladesh (Khan et al., 2015) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Farmacopea Argentina, 8th edn. (2012) Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013) Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (2010) Food & Med. in Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kräuter Gewürze und Heilpflanzen (Bremness, 1994) Les Plantes Arom. et Med. (Bremness, 1996) Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020) Med. Pl. N.E.Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Plants of Econ. Importance (FAO, 1983) SEPASAL Database (Kew, 2020) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2015) Survey of Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) The Herbal Market of Cyprus (Karousou & Deirmentzoglou, 2011) The Plant-Book (Mabberley, 1996) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Calendula officinalis Linné	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)
Calendula ofﬁcinalis L.	Med. Pl. in the Mediterranean: Project Rubia (Gonzalez-Tejero et al., 2008)
Calendula oﬃcinalis L.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017)

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