Plant Details

Accepted name:

Wurfbainia villosa var. xanthioides (Wall. ex Baker) Skornick. & A.D.Poulsen [Zingiberaceae]

Source of taxonomy and confidence:

World Checklist ( )

Information about this plant:

Plants of the World Online

Infraspecies of:

Wurfbainia villosa (Lour.) Skornick. & A.D.Poulsen

Infraspecies:

Wurfbainia villosa var. villosa

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
amomi fructus	Pharmaceutical	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
amomi semen	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
amomi semen pulveratum	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
amomum fruit	Other	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
amomum seed	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
bastard cardamom	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
brhadela	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chinese amomum	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
elachi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
elakulu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
elam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
fructus amomi	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
grains-of-paradise	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
ilayechi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaadu aelakki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
malakayelam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
powdered amomum seed	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
sha ren	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
sharen	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
suo sha mi	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
suo sha ren	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
villous amomum	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
villous amomum fruit	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
wild siamese cardamom	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
シュクシャ	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
シュクシャ末	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
砂仁	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
fruit	dried ripe fruit	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
fruit	dried ripe fruit	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
ripe fruit	dried ripe fruit	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
fruit		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
fruit	dried ripe fruit	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
seed	powder	Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006)
fruit		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
seed	seed mass	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)

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

synonym
Amomum villosum var. xanthioides (Wall. ex Baker) T.L.Wu & S.J.Chen Acta Phytotax. Sin. 16(3): 38 (1978).
Amomum xanthioides Wall. ex Baker in J.D.Hooker, Fl. Brit. India 6: 239 (1892).
Amomum villosum var. nanum H.T.Tsai & S.W.Zhao Acta Phytotax. Sin. 17(4): 92 (1979).
Wurfbainia villosa var. nana (H.T.Tsai & S.W.Zhao) Skornick. & A.D.Poulsen Taxon 67: 30 (2018).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Amomum villosum Lour. var. xanthioides (Wall. ex Baker) T. L. Wu & S. J. Chen	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
Amomum villosum Lour. var. xanthioides (Wall. ex Baker) T.L. Wu & S.J. Chen	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Amomum villosum Lour. var. xanthioides (Wall. ex Baker) T.L.Wu & S.J.Chen	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
Amomum villosum Lour. var. xanthioides (Wall. ex Baker) T.L.Wu & Senjen	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Amomum villosum Lour. var. xanthioides T. L. Wu et Senjen	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
Amomum villosum Lourerio var. xanthioides T.L.Wu et Senjen	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
Amomum villosum var. xanthioides (Wall. Ex Baker) T.l. Wu & S.j. Chen	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Amomum villosum var. xanthioides (Wall. ex Baker) T.L.Wu & S.J.Chen	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Amomum xanthioides	Substances in Medicines, Australia (TGA, 2007)
Amomum xanthioides Wall.	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Amomum xanthioides Wall. ex Baker	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Amomum xanthioides Wallich	Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Amomum xanthioides Wallich ex Baker	Med. & Pois. Pl. 1 (Padua et al., 1999)

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