Plant Details

Accepted name:: Polypodium vulgare L. [Polypodiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 3

Polypodium vulgare var. eatonii Baker

Polypodium vulgare subsp. melitense Peroni, G.Peroni & Mifsud

Polypodium vulgare subsp. vulgare

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
adder's fern	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
adras al-kalb	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
akhras-ul-kalb	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
basfaif	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
basfāyej	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
baspayak	Other	Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
bisfaayaj	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
bisfaayej	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
bisfaij	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bisfaij nim kofta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bisfayej	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
bisphaiz	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
bist paya	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
brake fern	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
common polypody	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
eğrelti	Other	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
eğreltiotu	Other	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
female fern	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
golden-maidenhair	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
khange	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
khatkali	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
polypodii rhizoma	Pharmaceutical	EMA Com. Monog.: Polypodium vulgare, rhiz. (2007)
polypody	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
polypody rhizome	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Polypodium vulgare, rhiz. (2007)
polypody root	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
rock brake	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
saaqib-ui-hajr	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
stensöta	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sweet fern	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thaqip al-hajar	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
wall fern	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
wood licorice	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
بسفايج	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
ثاقب الحجر	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
عدراس الكلب	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
多足蕨	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
rhizoma		EMA Com. Monog.: Polypodium vulgare, rhiz. (2007)
Rhizome		Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
rhizome		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
root		Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
rhizomes		Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
rhizome	dried rhizome	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
Root (Rhizome)		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Ctenopteris vulgaris (L.) Newman Phytologist 2: 274 (1846).
Polypodium boreale Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 403 (1796), nom. superfl.
Polypodium vulgare var. obtusum Wallr. Fl. Crypt. Germ. 1: 12 (1831), not validly publ.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Polypodium vulgare	Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Polypodium vulgare L.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) EMA Com. Monog.: Polypodium vulgare, rhiz. (2007) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Herbs Israel (Said et al., 2002) Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998) Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) 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)
Polypodium vulgare Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Polypodium vulgare Lirin.	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)

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