Plant Details

Accepted name:: Paeonia lactiflora Pall. [Paeoniaceae]
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Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bai shao	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
bai shao yao	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Value Chains of Herbal Med. (Booker et al., 2012)
baisao	Other	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
baishao	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
bo-báisháo	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
báisháo	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
bạch thrrợc	Other	Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
ch'ih shao	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
ch'ik cheuk	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
chandratharu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chi shao	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
chi shao yao	Other	Value Chains of Herbal Med. (Booker et al., 2012)
chih shao	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
chin shao yao	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
chinese peony	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
chinesische pfingstrose	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
chisao	Other	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
chishao	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
chuan-báisháo	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
common garden peony	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
garden peony	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
hang-báisháo	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
jeogjagyag	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
jukjakyak	Other	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
luktpion	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
mu-shaoyao	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
mudan	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
paeonia species root	Other	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
paeoniae alba	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
paeoniae alba radix	Pharmaceutical	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
paeoniae radix	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
paeoniae radix alba	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
paeoniae radix pulverata	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012)
paeoniae radix rubra	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
paeoniae rubra radix	Pharmaceutical	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
paeony	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
pai shao	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
pai shao yao	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
pe-shou	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
peh choh	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
peh-choh	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
peonia	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
peony	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
peony root	Other	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
pfingstrose	Other	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
pivoine	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
powdered peony root	Other	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012)
päonie	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
radix paeoniae	Pharmaceutical	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
radix paeoniae alba	Pharmaceutical	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacop. of China (2005)
radix paeoniae rubra	Pharmaceutical	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacop. of China (2005)
radix peoniae rubra	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
red peony	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
red peony root	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010)
shakuyaku	Other	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024)
shao yao	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
shaoyao	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
shuoyao	Other	Homegarden Med. Ethnobot. of Naxi in NW Yunnan (Yang et al., 2014)
syaku-yaku	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
syakuyaku	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
white peony	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
white peony bark	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
white peony root	Other	British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010)
white peony root for use in thm	Other	British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacop. 2012, Vol. 4 (2011)
white-flowered peony	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
シャクヤク	Other	Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
シャクヤク末	Other	Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012)
白沙糖	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
白芍	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Pl. 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)
芍药	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
芍药花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
芍藥	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
赤芍	Other	Consv. of Endangered Med. Pl. in Arid Desert Region (Lang et al., 2017) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
적작약	Other	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root	dried root	Pharmacop. of China (2010)
root		British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
root	root	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
root	dried roots	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
Root		Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
Radix		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Whole plant		Homegarden Med. Ethnobot. of Naxi in NW Yunnan (Yang et al., 2014)
Flower, Root	Sun dried root	WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019)
root	peeled and dried root	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
root, flower	sun dried root	WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024)
root		Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
root	dried root	WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
root with bark, root without bark		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
root		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Roots		Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
Root		Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
root	dried root	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
root	dried whole root	British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
root		Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006)
root		Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
root		Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012)
root		Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)
root		Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 32 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Paeonia albiflora Pall. Fl. Ross. 1(2): 92 (1789).
Paeonia albiflora var. trichocarpa Bunge Enum. Pl. China Bor.: 3 (1831).
Paeonia lactiflora var. trichocarpa (Bunge) Stern J. Roy. Hort. Soc. 68: 129 (1943).
Paeonia officinalis Thunb. Fl. Jap.: 230 (1784), sensu auct.
Paeonia yui W.P.Fang Acta Phytotax. Sin. 7: 321 (1958).
Paeonia albiflora var. edulis (Salisb.) Pursh in J.Donn, Hortus Cantabrig., ed. 8: 177 (1815).
Paeonia albiflora var. fragrans Sabine Trans. Hort. Soc. London 2: 278 (1817).
Paeonia albiflora f. hirta Regel Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, Sér. 7, 4(4): 13 (1861).
Paeonia albiflora var. humei Sabine Trans. Hort. Soc. London 2: 279 (1817).
Paeonia albiflora f. nuda Nakai J. Jap. Bot. 13: 393 (1937).
Paeonia albiflora f. pilifera Schipcz. Bot. Mater. Gerb. Glavn. Bot. Sada R.S.F.S.R. 2(11-12): 44 (1921).
Paeonia albiflora f. pilosella Nakai J. Jap. Bot. 13: 393 (1937).
Paeonia albiflora var. pottsii D.Don in R.Sweet, Brit. Fl. Gard. 7: t. 351 (1836).
Paeonia albiflora var. pubescens Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 46: 605 (1932).
Paeonia albiflora var. purpurea Korsh. Trudy Glavn. Bot. Sada 12: 302 (1892).
Paeonia albiflora var. spontanea Makino J. Jap. Bot. 5(9): 33 (1928).
Paeonia albiflora var. whitleyi Sabine Trans. Hort. Soc. London 2: 277 (1817).
Paeonia edulis Salisb. Parad. Lond. 2: t. 78 (1807).
Paeonia edulis var. reevesiana Paxton Paxton's Mag. Bot. 1: 197 (1834).
Paeonia edulis var. sinensis Sims Bot. Mag. 42: t. 1768 (1815).
Paeonia fragrans (Sabine) Redouté Choix Plus Belles Fleurs: t. 22 (1827).
Paeonia humei (Sabine) E.Vilm. Fl. Pleine Terre, ed. 3: 892 (1870).
Paeonia lactea Pall. Reise Russ. Reich. 3: 321 (1776), nom. nud.
Paeonia lactiflora var. hirta (Regel) Y.C.Chu Fl. Pl. Herb. Chin. Bor.-Or. 2: 77 (1959).
Paeonia lactiflora f. nuda (Nakai) Kitag. Neolin. Fl. Manshur.: 302 (1979).
Paeonia lactiflora f. pilosella (Nakai) Kitag. Neolin. Fl. Manshur.: 303 (1979).
Paeonia lactiflora var. villosa M.S.Yan & K.Sun Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 12: 325 (1992).
Paeonia lobata Pall. Reise Russ. Reich. 2: 553 (1773), nom. nud.
Paeonia makoya Marnock Floric. Mag. & Misc. Gard. 3: 229 (1839).
Paeonia reevesiana (Paxton) Loudon Suppl. Hort. Brit.: 601 (1850).
Paeonia sinensis Jacques Ann. Fl. Pomone 5: 315 (1837).
Paeonia whitleyi (Sabine) Anon. Garden (London, 1871-1927) 36: 8 (1889).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Paconialactiflora Pall.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Paconialactiflora Pall. var. trichocarpa (Bunge) Stern	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Paeonia albiflora	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
Paeonia albiflora Pall.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Paeonia albiflora Pall. var. trichocarpa Bunge	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Paeonia albiflora White	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Paeonia albiflora White var. trichocarpa Bunge	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Paeonia albiflora var. trichocarpa	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
Paeonia lactiflora	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Paeonia lactiflora Pall.	Checklist of Korean Cult. Pl. (Mun-Chan et al., 1986) Consv. of Endangered Med. Pl. in Arid Desert Region (Lang et al., 2017) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Homegarden Med. Ethnobot. of Naxi in NW Yunnan (Yang et al., 2014) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) TCM Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016) Value Chains of Herbal Med. (Booker et al., 2012) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Paeonia lactiflora Pall. var. trichocarpa (Bunge) Stern	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Paeonia lactiflora Pallas	British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacop. 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHO Monog. Med. Pl. 1 (WHO, 1999)
Paeonia lactiflora Pallas var. trichocarpa (Bunge) Steam.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Paeonia officinalis Thunb.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Paeonia yui Fang	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Peonia lactiflora Pallas	Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)

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