Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cephalostachyum chinense (Rendle) D.Z.Li & H.Q.Yang [Poaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bambusae concretio silicea	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
concretio silicea bambusae	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
tabasheer	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
tian jhu huang	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
tian zhu huang	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
tianzhuhuang	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
天竹黄	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
天竺黃	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
天竺黄	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
華思勞竹	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
stem	dried mass of secretion	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
culm	dried masses of secretion in culm	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
stem	dried mass of secretion	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Leptocanna chinensis (Rendle) L.C.Chia & H.L.Fung Acta Phytotax. Sin. 19: 213 (1981).
Schizostachyum chinense Rendle J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 36: 448 (1904).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cephalostachyum chinense (Rendle) D.Z.Li & H.Q.Yang	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2021 (WHO-UMC, 2021) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Leptocanna chinensis (Rendle) Chia & H.L.Fung	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Leptocanna chinensis (Rendle) Chia et H. L. Fung	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Schizostachyum chinense Rendle	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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