Plant Details

Accepted name:: Wurfbainia villosa (Lour.) Škorničk. & A.D.Poulsen [Zingiberaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 2

Wurfbainia villosa var. xanthioides (Wall. ex Baker) Škorničk. & A.D.Poulsen

Wurfbainia villosa var. villosa

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
amomi fructus	Pharmaceutical	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
amomum fruit	Other	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
bastard cardamom	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
chinese amomum	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
false cardamom	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
fructus amomi	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
fēi	Other	Med. Pl. of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng et al., 2013)
malabar cardamom	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
sha ren	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
sharen	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) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
tavoy cardamom	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
villous amomum	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
villous amomum fruit	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
yang chun sha	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
砂仁	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Plants 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)
砂仁壳	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
砂仁花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
fruit	dried ripe fruit	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
roots		Med. Pl. of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng et al., 2013)
fruit	dried ripe fruit	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Fruit		Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
Fruit		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
ripe fruit	dried ripe fruit	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
fruit		Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
fruit		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
fruit	dried ripe fruit	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
fruit		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
fruit, seed	ripe fruit, seed mass	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 4 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Amomum villosum Lour. Fl. Cochinch.: 4 (1790), nom. cons.
Cardamomum villosum (Lour.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 687 (1891).
Elettaria villosa (Lour.) Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 3: 603 (1859).
Zingiber villosum (Lour.) Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 1: 63 (1812).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Amomum villosum	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Amomum villosum Blume ex Lour.	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998)
Amomum villosum Lour	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Amomum villosum Lour.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Med. & Pois. Pl. 1 (Padua et al., 1999) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Med. Pl. of Limu Mountains, China (Zheng et al., 2013) Neuraminidase Inhib. Med. Pl. in Lingnan TCM (Liu et al., 2018) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Amomum villosum Loureiro	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Amomum villosum Lourerio	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
Amomum vilosum	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Amomurn villosum Lour.	Neuraminidase Inhib. Med. Pl. in Lingnan TCM (Liu et al., 2018)
Wurfbainia villosa (Lour.) Skornick. & A.D.Poulsen	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2022 (WHO-UMC, 2022) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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