Plant Details

Accepted name:: Allium chinense G.Don [Amaryllidaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
allii macrostemi bulbus	Pharmaceutical	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)
allii macrostemonis bulbus	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
bulbus allii macrostemonis	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia 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)
japanese scallion	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
jiao tou	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
longstamen onion bulb	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia 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	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia 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	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
bulb	dried bulb	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
bulb	dried bulb	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
bulb		Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (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 G.Don Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 6: 17 (1827).
Allium exsertum Baker J. Bot. 12: 294 (1874), nom. illeg.
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 Regel	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (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. Plants (Mun-Chan et al., 1986) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003) Pharmacopoeia 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	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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