Plant Details

Accepted name:: Saururus chinensis (Lour.) Baill. [Saururaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bái miàn gū	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
chinese lizardtail herb	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
herba saururi	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
mawkaran	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
mawsan	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
san bai cao	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
sanbaicao	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
saururi herba	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
shuǐ mù tōng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sān bái cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tiān xìng cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tǔ yù zhú	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
white clover	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
三白草	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
三白草根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
五路白	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
土玉竹	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
天性草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
水木通	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
水老草	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
水荖	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
白水雞	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
白面姑	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
aerial parts	dried aerial parts	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
Whole plant		Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
whole shoot system		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
aerial parts	dried aerial parts	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 5 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Saururopsis chinensis (Lour.) Turcz. Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 21(I): 590 (1848).
Saururus cernuus Thunb. Fl. Jap.: 154 (1784), nom. illeg.
Saururus cumingii C.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(1): 239 (1868).
Saururus loureiroi Decne. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 3: 102 (1845), nom. superfl.
Spathium chinense Lour. Fl. Cochinch.: 217 (1790).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Saururus chinensis	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Saururus chinensis (Lour.) Baill	Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017)
Saururus chinensis (Lour.) Baill.	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Saururus chinensis (Loureiro) Baillon	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Saururus chinensis Baillon	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Saururus chinensis Hort. ex Loudon	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)

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