Plant Details

Accepted name:: Helianthus tuberosus 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:
aguaturma	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
almaza	Other	Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000)
arti choke gedde	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
artichaut de jérusalem	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
artichuk	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
batata-tupinambá	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
castaña de tierra	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
earth apple	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
earth-apple	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
erdbirne	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
girasole	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
girassol-de-batata	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
hastipijoo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hathchuk	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hatichuk	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
indianerknolle	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
jerusalam-artichoke	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jerusalem artichoke	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
jerusalem sunflower	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
jerusalem-artichoke	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
jordärtskocka	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kiku-imo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kunjor	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
námara	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
pataca	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
patata de caña	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
podsolnečnik klubenosnij	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sooryakaanthi gedde	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sun	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
sunchoke	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
suryaphul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
topinamber	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
topinambou	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
topinambur	Other	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
vajrangi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
woodland sunflower	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
菊芋	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Rhizome		Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000)
tuber		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 21 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Helianthemum tuberosum Garsault Fig. Pl. Méd. 2: t. 298 (1764), opus utique rej.
Helianthus doronicoides Torr. & A.Gray Fl. N. Amer. 2: 327 (1842), nom. illeg.
Helianthus esculentus Warsz. in C.F.Otto & A.G.Dietrich, Allg. Gartenzeitung 20: 293 (1852), nom. illeg.
Helianthus pubescens Aiton Bot. Reg. 7: t. 524 (1821), nom. illeg.
Helianthus serotinus Tausch Flora 11: 504 (1828).
Helianthus spathulatus Elliott Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 2: 421 (1823).
Helianthus squarrosus Nutt. Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n.s., 7: 367 (1841).
Helianthus strumosus subsp. tomentosus (Michx.) Anashch. Bot. Zhurn. (Moscow & Leningrad) 59: 1480 (1974).
Helianthus subcanescens (A.Gray) E.Watson Pap. Michigan Acad. Sci. 9: 430 (1929).
Helianthus tomentosus Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 141 (1803).
Helianthus tuberosus var. albus Cockerell Amer. Naturalist 53: 189 (1919).
Helianthus tuberosus var. alexandri Cockerell Amer. Naturalist 53: 188 (1919).
Helianthus tuberosus var. fusiformis Cockerell Amer. Naturalist 53: 189 (1919).
Helianthus tuberosus f. moldenkeanus Oswald Phytologia 52: 93 (1982).
Helianthus tuberosus var. multituberculatus Cockerell Monthly Bull. Calif. Commiss. Hort., reimpr. 8(5): 6 (1919).
Helianthus tuberosus var. nebrascensis Cockerell Amer. Naturalist 53: 188 (1919).
Helianthus tuberosus f. oswaldiae Oswald Phytologia 44: 419 (1979).
Helianthus tuberosus var. purpurellus Cockerell Amer. Naturalist 53: 189 (1919).
Helianthus tuberosus var. purpureus Cockerell Amer. Naturalist 53: 190 (1919).
Helianthus tuberosus var. subcanescens A.Gray Syn. Fl. N. Amer. 1(2): 280 (1884).
Helianthus tuberosus var. typicus Cockerell Amer. Naturalist 53: 188 (1919), not validly publ.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Helianthus tuberosus	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Helianthus tuberosus L.	Checklist of Korean Cult. Plants (Mun-Chan et al., 1986) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) 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)
Helianthus tuberosus Linnaeus	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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