Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cynanchum rostellatum (Turcz.) Liede & Khanum [Apocynaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
天浆壳	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
萝藦	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
萝藦子	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 7 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Metaplexis japonica (Thunb.) Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 17: 87 (1903).
Pergularia japonica Thunb. in J.A.Murray (ed.), Syst. Veg., ed. 14.: 256 (1784).
Metaplexis chinensis Decne. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 511 (1844), nom. superfl.
Metaplexis japonica f. albiflora Honda Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 59: 15 (1946).
Metaplexis rostellata Turcz. Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 21(I): 253 (1848).
Metaplexis stauntonii Schult. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 6: 111 (1820).
Urostelma chinense Bunge Enum. Pl. China Bor.: 44 (1833), nom. superfl.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cynanchum rostellatum (Turcz.) Liede & Khanum	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Metaplexis japonica (Thunb.) Makino	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Metaplexis japonica (Thunb.) Makino.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Metaplexis japonica (Thunberg) Makino	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Metaplexis japonica Makino	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Pergularis japonica Thunb.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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