Plant Details

Accepted name:: Calendula officinalis L. [Asteraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
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Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
atunjaq	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
azereon	Other	Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000)
calendola	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
calendula	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. by Health Professionals, Mexico (Alonso-Castro et al., 2017) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 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. (Anvisa, 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) 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. (Anvisa, 2010) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
chinese safflower	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
cháng chūn jú	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
common marigold	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
copetuda	Other	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
cuc kim tiên	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
djamir	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
djomaira	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
feminell	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
flamenquilla	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
fleur de calandule	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
fleur de souci	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
fleur de souci officinal	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
fleurs de tous les mois	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
flor del sol	Other	Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
flores calendulae	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014)
flos calendulae	Pharmaceutical	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
gada ful	Other	Ethnomed. of Garo Hills, Durgapur, Bangladesh (Khan et al., 2015)
garden marigold	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
garden-marigold	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
garten-ringelblume	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
geumjanhwa	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
gold-bloom	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
goldblume	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
gole hamisheh bahar	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
guli	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Tajik & Afghan Pamirs (Kassam et al., 2010)
hamishe bahar	Other	Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
hen and chickens	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
ibhosisi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
jin zhan ju	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
jīn zhǎn huā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
jīn zhǎn huā gēn	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
jīn zhǎn jú	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kalendoula	Other	Herbal Market of Cyprus (Karousou & Deirmentzoglou, 2011)
kalendula	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
körömvirag	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
le brgan chung ba	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
lellousha	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
lé gen chungwa	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
maragold	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
maravilla	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
marigold	Other	Food & Med. in Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
marigold petals	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
mary-bud	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
marybud	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
mercadela	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
nogot'ki lekarstvennye	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ododo-maria	Other	Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo, 2008)
ok-hhawan	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
pot marigold	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
pot or scotch marigold	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pot-marigold	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. Use: Tajik & Afghan Pamirs (Kassam et al., 2010)
qaraqus	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
qawqhan	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
quaqahan	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
ringblomma	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ringelblume	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) 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 Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
ringflower	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
roja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ruddles	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
saialill	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
sciure’e sant’antonio	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
scotch-marigold	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
scottish-marigold	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
shān jīn jú	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
souci	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
souci des jardins	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
souci officinal	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
tabsoult	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
thulvkka saamanthi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
toukinsenka	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
tousslat	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
tō-kin-sen-ka	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
uchu k’aspa	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
virreina	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
xameshabahor	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Tajik & Afghan Pamirs (Kassam et al., 2010)
xu xi	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
xuxi	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
zendu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
zergul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
zergul zerzira	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
zobeida	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
zubaydah	Other	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 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)
山金菊	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
金盏花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
金盏花根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
金盏菊	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
金盏菊根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
金盏菊花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
长春菊	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
flower without receptacle		British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
capitulum		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Leaves, root		Med. Pl. 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 Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Flower, Herb, Flower bud, Flowering top	Flower oil, Oil	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
inﬂorescences		Herbal Market of Cyprus (Karousou & Deirmentzoglou, 2011)
root		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
leaf, fruit		Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000)
whole plant		Med. Pl. by Health Professionals, Mexico (Alonso-Castro et al., 2017)
aerial part, flower		Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
flower	essential oil	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
flower		Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
flower	dried flower	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 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. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
flower	flowers, whole or cut	Farmacopeia Brasileira, 5th edn. (Anvisa, 2010)
florets	ligulate florets, yellow, orange or orange-yellow ligule	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (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	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Fitoterápicos no Brasil (Carvalho et al., 2008) Med. Pl. and Extracts Market News Service (Brinkmann et al., 2009) Med. Pl. in Lagos, Nigeria. (Olowokudejo, 2008) Med. Pl. in Russia & C Asia (Mamedov et al., 2005) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Calendula officinalis L	WHO Monog. on Med. Pl. in New. Ind. States (2010)
Calendula officinalis L.	Annexo III: Veg. Drugs in Registry of Meds, Argentina (2009) British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Checklist of Korean Cult. Plants (Mun-Chan et al., 1986) EMA Com. Monog.: Calendula officinalis, flo. (2007) Ethnobot. in W Granada Province, Spain (Benítez et al., 2010) 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. (Anvisa, 2010) Food & Med. in Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbal Market of Cyprus (Karousou & Deirmentzoglou, 2011) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020) Med. Pl. Use: Tajik & Afghan Pamirs (Kassam et al., 2010) Med. Pl. by Health Professionals, Mexico (Alonso-Castro et al., 2017) Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015) Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000) Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013) Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019) Med. Pl. of NE 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) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Calendula officinalis Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Calendula officinalis Linné	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)
Calendula officinoalis L.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Calendula ofﬁcinalis L.	Med. Pl. in the Med.: 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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