Plant Details

Accepted name:: Alisma plantago-aquatica L. [Alismataceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants
Infraspecies:: 2

Alisma plantago-aquatica subsp. plantago-aquatica

Alisma plantago-aquatica subsp. orientale (Sam.) Sam.

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
alisma	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
american water plantain	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
american waterplantain	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
chak sia	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
chi hsieh	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
cobandudugu	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
common water plantain	Other	Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
common waterplantain	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
damasonium	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
hsieh	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
jabai	Other	Med. Pl. of Tehsil Charbagh, Pakistan (Khan et al., 2015)
jala pernee	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ku hsieh	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
ma de nuoc	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
mad dog weed	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mad-dog weed	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
mang yu	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
mezmārorrāyi	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
shui hsieh	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
svalting	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
trach ta	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
trạch tả	Other	Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
tse choh	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
tse hsieh	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
tse-hsieh	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
tse-shieh	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
water alisma	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
water plantain	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
water plantain roots	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
water-plantain	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
yu	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
yu sun	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
ze xie	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
zexie	Other	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
مزمارالرّاعي	Other	Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
泽泻	Other	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Bulb		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Whole plant		Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
leaves		Med. Pl. of Tehsil Charbagh, Pakistan (Khan et al., 2015)
rhizomes		Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
root		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Root		Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)

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

Alisma major Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 216 (1821 publ. 1822), nom. superfl.
Alisma plantago-aquatica subsp. latifolium Ehrh. Hannover. Mag. 18: 221 (1780), not validly publ.
Damasonium plantago-aquaticum (L.) Chaz. Suppl. Dict. Jard. 1: 384 (1789).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Alisma plantago	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
Alisma plantago L.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Alisma plantago-aquatica	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014) Trad. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Alisma plantago-aquatica L.	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Alisma plantagoauatica L.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Alismaplantago aquatic	Med. Pl. of Tehsil Charbagh, Pakistan (Khan et al., 2015)

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