Plant Details

Accepted name:: Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis (Mitford) Rendle [Poaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Phyllostachys nigra (Lodd. ex Lindl.) Munro
Infraspecies:: Phyllostachys nigra var. nigra

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bamboo	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
bamboo shavings	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
bambusae caulis in liquamen	Pharmaceutical	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)
bambusae caulis in taenia	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
bambusae caulis in taeniam	Pharmaceutical	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)
bambusae caulis in taenias	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
caulis bambusae in taenia	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
caulis bambusae in taeniis	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
ha-chiku	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
jhu ru	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
zhu ru	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
zhuru	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
仙人杖	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
淡竹	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
淡竹壳	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
淡竹根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
淡竹笋	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
竹卷心	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
竹叶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
竹沥	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
竹茹	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
stem	dried middle shavings of stem	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
stem	dried middle shavings of stem	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
middle shavings of culm	dried middle shavings of culm	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
stem	dried middle shavings of stem	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
stem	juice	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 20 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Arundinaria fauriei (Hack.) E.G.Camus Bambusées: 32 (1913).
Bambos hatsik Siebold Verh. Batav. Genootsch. Kunsten 12: 5 (1830), nom. nud.
Bambusa henonis Bean Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 15: 368 (1894), pro syn.
Bambusa puberula Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 2: 285 (1866).
Bambusa tsintsik Siebold Jaarb. Kon. Ned. Maatsch. Aanm. Tuinb. 1844: 24 (1844), nom. nud.
Phyllostachys diversifolia Munro Gard. Chron., n.s., 6: 774 (1876), pro syn.
Phyllostachys fauriei Hack. Bull. Herb. Boissier 7: 718 (1899).
Phyllostachys guizhouensis C.S.Chao & J.Q.Zhang Bamboo Res. 1982(1): 3 (1982).
Phyllostachys henonis Mitford Bamboo Gard.: 149 (1896).
Phyllostachys henryi Rendle J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 36: 440 (1904).
Phyllostachys kwangsiensis var. stauntonii (Munro) Keng f. ex Q.F.Zheng, Y.M.Lin Fl. Fujianica 6: 65 (1995).
Phyllostachys montana Rendle J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 36: 441 (1904).
Phyllostachys nevinii Hance J. Bot. 14: 294 (1876).
Phyllostachys nevinii var. hupehensis Rendle J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 36: 442 (1904).
Phyllostachys nigra f. henonis (Mitford) Muroi in J.Sugimoto, New Keys Jap. Trees: 466 (1961).
Phyllostachys nigra var. puberula (Miq.) Fiori Bull. Soc. Tosc. Ortic., ser. 4, 2: 97 (1917).
Phyllostachys puberula (Miq.) Munro Gard. Chron., n.s., 6: 773 (1876).
Phyllostachys stauntonii Munro Trans. Linn. Soc. London 26: 37 (1868).
Sinarundinaria nigra var. henonis A.H.Lawson Bamb. Gard. Guide: 124 (1968), pro syn.
Sinoarundinaria henonis (Mitford) Ohwi in K.Mayebara, Fl. Austro-Higo.: 86 (1931).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Phllostachys nigra Munro var. henosis Stapf	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)
Phyllostachis nigra Makino var. henonis Makino	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Phyllostachyl nigra (Lodd. ex Lindl.) Munro var. henonis (Mitf.) Stapf et Rendle	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Phyllostachys nigra (Lodd. ex Lindl.) Munro var. henonis (Mitf.) Stapf & Rendle	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Phyllostachys nigra (Lodd.) Munro var. henonis (Mitf.) Stapf ex Rendle	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Phyllostachys nigra (Lodd.) Munro var. henonis (Mitford) Stapf ex Rendle	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Phyllostachys nigra var. henonis (Mitford) Rendle	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
Phyllostachys nigra var.henonis	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2021 (WHO-UMC, 2021)
Phyllostachys nigra var.henonis (Mitford) Rendle	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2022 (WHO-UMC, 2022)

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