Plant Details

Accepted name:: Centaurea behen L. [Asteraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bahman sefid	Other	Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
behen	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
behman safaid	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
behman safaid mim kofia	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
behman safaid nim kofta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
behman safaid nimkofta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
behman safed	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
behmanabyaz	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
behmen safed	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
white behen	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
white rhapontic	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
root		Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
root	dried root	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
Root		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 14 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Behen album Garsault Fig. Pl. Méd. 1: t. 6 (1764), not validly publ.
Centaurea acuta C.A.Mey. Verz. Pfl. Casp. Meer.: 65 (1831), nom. illeg.
Centaurea acuta Vahl ex M.Bieb. Tabl. Prov. Mer Casp.: 82 (1798).
Centaurea alata Lam. Encycl. 1: 665 (1785).
Centaurea babylonica M.Bieb. Tabl. Prov. Mer Casp.: 82 (1798), sensu auct.
Centaurea brachyptera DC. Prodr. 6: 567 (1838).
Centaurea germaniciae Hausskn. ex Boiss. Fl. Orient. 3: 682 (1875).
Centaurium acutum K.Koch Linnaea 24: 418 (1851).
Centaurium alatum (Lam.) K.Koch Linnaea 24: 418 (1851).
Centaurium behen (L.) K.Koch Linnaea 24: 418 (1851).
Microlophus alatus (Lam.) Cass. in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 54: 491 (1829).
Piptoceras behen (L.) Cass. in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat., ed. 2. 54: 488 (1829).
Rhaponticum behen (L.) Ratier Pharm. Franç.: 121 (1827).
Serratula behen (L.) Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 3: 242 (1823).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Centaurea behen	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Centaurea behen L.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013) 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) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Centaurea behen Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

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