Plant Details

Accepted name:: Iris domestica (L.) Goldblatt & Mabb. [Iridaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
belamcanda	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
belamcandae rhizoma	Pharmaceutical	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
blackberry lily	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Medicinal Plants in China (WHO, 1997) Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
blackberry lily rhizome	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
blackberry-lily	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
blackberrylily rhizome	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
dwarf tiger-lily	Other	Medicinal Plants in China (WHO, 1997)
flor-leopardo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
iris tigre	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
leopard flower	Other	Medicinal Plants in China (WHO, 1997) Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
leopard lily	Other	Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
leopard-lily	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
leopardblomma	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
leopardenblume	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
maravilla	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
mariposa	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
rhizoma belamcandae	Pharmaceutical	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
she gan	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011)
shegan	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Med. Pls. Used by Maonan People in China. (Hong et al., 2015) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China. (Zhang et al., 2014)
shenan	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
shègàn	Other	Medicinal Plants in China (WHO, 1997)
tarbare	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
tarbare ful	Other	MAPs in Makawanpur District, Central Nepal (Bhattarai et al., 2017)
ye gan	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
射干	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Med. Pls. Used by Maonan People in China. (Hong et al., 2015) Medicinal Plants in China (WHO, 1997) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China. (Zhang et al., 2014)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
rhizome	dried rhizome	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
rhizome		Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Root		MAPs in Makawanpur District, Central Nepal (Bhattarai et al., 2017)
Root		Med. Pls. Used by Maonan People in China. (Hong et al., 2015)
Rhizome		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China. (Zhang et al., 2014)
rhizome	dried rhizome	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
rhizomes		Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
rhizome		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Rhizomes and roots		Medicinal Plants in China (WHO, 1997)
rhizome	dried rhizome	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
rhizome		Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)
rhizome		Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 22 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Belamcanda chinensis (L.) Redouté Liliac. 3: t. 121 (1805).
Belamcanda punctata Moench Methodus: 529 (1794), nom. superfl.
Ixia chinensis L. Sp. Pl.: 36 (1753), nom. cons.
Pardanthus chinensis (L.) Ker Gawl. Ann. Bot. (König & Sims) 1: 247 (1804).
Belamcanda chinensis var. curtata Makino J. Jap. Bot. 1: 28 (1917).
Belamcanda chinensis f. flava Makino J. Jap. Bot. 1: 28 (1917).
Belamcanda chinensis var. taiwanensis S.S.Ying Coloured Ill. Herbac. Pl. Taiwan 1: 237 (1980).
Belamcanda chinensis f. vulgaris Makino J. Jap. Bot. 1: 28 (1917).
Belamcanda flabellata Grey Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 96: 408 (1934).
Belamcanda pampaninii H.Lév. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 8: 59 (1910).
Bermudiana guttata Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 1: 109 (1812).
Epidendrum domesticum L. Sp. Pl.: 952 (1753).
Ferraria crocea Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 41 (1796).
Gemmingia chinensis (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 701 (1891).
Gemmingia chinensis f. aureoflora Makino Ill. Fl. Japan: 713 (1940).
Gemmingia chinensis f. rubriflora Makino Ill. Fl. Japan: 713 (1940).
Ixia ensifolia Noronha Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 5(4): 18 (1790), nom. nud.
Moraea chinensis (L.) Thunb. Fl. Jap.: 34 (1784).
Moraea guttata (Stokes) Stokes Bot. Comm. 1: 229 (1830).
Pardanthus nepalensis Sweet Hort. Brit.: 395 (1826).
Pardanthus sinensis Van Houtte Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 16: t. 1632 (1865).
Vanilla domestica (L.) Druce Rep. Bot. Exch. Club Soc. Brit. Isles 3: 425 (1913 publ. 1914).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Belamcanda chinensis	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Substances in Medicines, Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China. (Zhang et al., 2014)
Belamcanda chinensis (L.) DC.	A Check-list of the Korean Cultivated Plants (Mun-Chan et al., 1986) Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Med. & Pois. Pl. 1 (Padua et al., 1999) Medicinal Plants in China (WHO, 1997) Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Belamcanda chinensis (L.) Redoute	MAPs in Makawanpur District, Central Nepal (Bhattarai et al., 2017) Med. Pls. Used by Maonan People in China. (Hong et al., 2015)
Belamcanda chinensis (L.)DC.	TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011)
Belamcanda chinensis (Linnaeus) Redoute	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Belamcanda chinensis DC.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Belamcanda chinensis Leman.	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)
Belamcanda punctata	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Iris domestica (L.) Goldblatt & Mabb	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Iris domestica (L.) Goldblatt & Mabb.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Iris domestica Goldblatt & Mabb.	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
Ixia chinensis L.	Med. & Pois. Pl. 1 (Padua et al., 1999) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Pardanthus chinensis	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Pardanthus chinensis (L.) Ker Gawl.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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