Plant Details

Accepted name:: Allium macrostemon Bunge [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) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)
allium macrostemon whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
bulb of chinese chive	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
bulbus allii macrostemi	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
bulbus allii macrostemonis	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
chinese garlic	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
chinese onion	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
cài zhī	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
daun lekio	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
dǐ	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
garlic chives	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
japanese garlic	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
long stamen onion bulb	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
long-stamen onion	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
longstamen onion	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
longstamen onion bulb	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)
no-binu	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
no-biru	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
qiáo zǐ	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sandalrae	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
sie bai	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)
xiao gen suan	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
xiao gun suan	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
xie bai	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)
xiebai	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
xiè	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
xiè bái	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
小根蒜	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021)
荞子	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
菜芝	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
薤	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
薤白	Other	GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)
藠	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
bulb	dried bulb	Pharmacop. of China (2010)
bulb	dried bulb	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
bulb	dried bulb	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
bulb		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bulb	dried bulb	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)
bulb	dried bulb	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021)
bulb	dried bulb	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
bulb	dried bulb	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
bulb		Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 9 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Allium grayi Regel Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 3(2): 125 (1875).
Allium macrostemon var. uratense (Franch.) Airy Shaw Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 16: 136 (1931).
Allium nipponicum Franch. & Sav. Enum. Pl. Jap. 2: 527 (1878).
Allium chanetii H.Lév. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 184 (1913).
Allium iatasen H.Lév. Mem. Pontif. Accad. Romana Nuovi Lincei 24: 351 (1906).
Allium nereidum Hance Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 5, 5: 244 (1866).
Allium ousensanense Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 27: 215 (1913).
Allium pallasii var. uratense (Franch.) Regel Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 10: 317 (1887).
Allium uratense Franch. Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat., sér. 2, 7: 112 (1884).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Allium grayi	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
Allium macrostemon	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Allium macrostemon Bge.	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Allium macrostemon Bunge	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2025) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Allium macrostemon Bunge var. uratense (Franch.) Airy-Shaw	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Allium nipponicum	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)

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