Plant Details

Accepted name:: Allium tuberosum Rottler ex Spreng. [Amaryllidaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
alli tuberosi semen	Pharmaceutical	Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002)
allii tuberosi semen	Pharmaceutical	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
biǎn cài	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
chinese chive	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
chinese chives	Other	Fresh Med. Pl. in Singapore (Siew et al., 2014) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
chinese leek	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
chinesischer schnittlauch	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ciboulette chinoise	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cive chino	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
garlic chive	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
garlic chives	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jiou cai zih	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
jiu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
jiu cai	Other	Fresh Med. Pl. in Singapore (Siew et al., 2014) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
jiu cai zi	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
jiucaizi	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
jiǔ	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
jiǔ cài	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
jyllang	Other	Med. Pl. of Khasi Hills of Meghalaya, India (Kayang et al., 2005)
ku-tuai	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
kucai	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
kutuai	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
nira	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
oriental garlic	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
schnittknoblauch	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
semen allii tuberosi	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
spring onion	Other	Fresh Med. Pl. in Singapore (Siew et al., 2014)
tuber onion	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
tuber onion seed	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010)
zhuàng yáng cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
壮阳草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
山薤	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
扁菜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
紫韮	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
韭	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
韭子	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
韭根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
韭菜	Other	Fresh Med. Pl. in Singapore (Siew et al., 2014) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
韭菜子	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
韮菜子	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
seed	dried ripe seed	Pharmacop. of China (2010)
Whole plant		Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
seed	dried ripe seed	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
leaf, frond		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
whole plant		Med. Pl. of Khasi Hills of Meghalaya, India (Kayang et al., 2005)
leaves		Fresh Med. Pl. in Singapore (Siew et al., 2014)
seed		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
seed	dried ripe seed	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
seed		Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002)
seed		Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 12 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Allium chinense Maxim. Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. St.-Pétersbourg Divers Savans 9: 284 (1859), nom. illeg.
Allium tuberosum Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 2: 141 (1832), nom. illeg.
Allium angulosum Lour. Fl. Cochinch.: 203 (1790), nom. illeg.
Allium argyi H.Lév. Mem. Pontif. Accad. Romana Nuovi Lincei 24: 350 (1906).
Allium clarkei Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 6: 344 (1892).
Allium roxburghii Kunth Enum. Pl. 4: 454 (1843).
Allium sulvia Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 53 (1825).
Allium tricoccum Blanco Fl. Filip.: 239 (1837), sensu auct.
Allium tuberosum f. yezoense (Nakai) M.Hiroe Pl. Basho's & Buson's Hokku Lit. 8(1): 275 (1971).
Allium uliginosum G.Don Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 6: 60 (1827).
Allium yesoense Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 36: 117 (1922).
Nothoscordum sulvia (Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don) Kunth Enum. Pl. 4: 462 (1843).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Allium chinense	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Allium tuberosum	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Allium tuberosum (Roxb)	Med. Pl. of Khasi Hills of Meghalaya, India (Kayang et al., 2005)
Allium tuberosum Rottb. ex Spreng.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Allium tuberosum Rottl.	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Allium tuberosum Rottl. Ex Spreng.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Allium tuberosum Rottl. ex Spreng	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Allium tuberosum Rottl. ex Spreng.	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Pharmacop. of China (2015) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Allium tuberosum Rottl. ex spreng.	Pharmacop. of China (2010)
Allium tuberosum Rottler	Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002) Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
Allium tuberosum Rottler ex Spreng.	Fresh Med. Pl. in Singapore (Siew et al., 2014) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Allium tuberosum Rottler ex Sprengel	Med. & Pois. Pl. 1 (Padua et al., 1999)

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