Plant Details

Accepted name:: Allium chinense G.Don [Amaryllidaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
allii macrostemi bulbus	Pharmaceutical	Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002)
allii macrostemonis bulbus	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
bulbus allii macrostemonis	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
chinese onion	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
chinese scallion	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
chiu chiu pai	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
hsieh pai	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
japanese scallion	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
jiao tou	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kew pak	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
longstamen onion bulb	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
oriental onion	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
qenuw	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
rakkyo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rakkyolök	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
rakkyō	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sie bai	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
xie bai	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
xiebai	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
yeombuchu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
yeomgyo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
久白	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
火蔥	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
胡椒草	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
蕗蕎	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
薤白	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
bulb	dried bulb	Pharmacop. of China (2010)
bulb	dried bulb	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
bulb	dried bulb	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
bulb		Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 7 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Allium bakeri Regel Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 3(2): 141 (1875).
Allium bodinieri H.Lév. & Vaniot in A.A.H.Léveillé, Liliac. & C.Chine: 38 (1905).
Allium exsertum Baker J. Bot. 12: 294 (1874), nom. illeg.
Allium exsertum G.Don Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 6: 17 (1827).
Allium martini H.Lév. & Vaniot in A.A.H.Léveillé, Liliac. & C.Chine: 40 (1905).
Allium splendens Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 3: 154 (1867), nom. illeg.
Caloscordum exsertum (G.Don) Herb. Edwards's Bot. Reg. 33: t. 5 (1847).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Allium bakeri	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
Allium bakeri Regel	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Allium bakerii Regel	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Allium chinense G. Don	Checklist of Korean Cult. Pl. (Mun-Chan et al., 1986) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Allium chinense G.Don	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. & Pois. Pl. 1 (Padua et al., 1999) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Allium chinensis G. Don	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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