Plant Details

Accepted name:: Wurfbainia villosa var. xanthioides (Wall. ex Baker) Škorničk. & A.D.Poulsen [Zingiberaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants
Infraspecies of:: Wurfbainia villosa (Lour.) Škorničk. & A.D.Poulsen

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
amomi fructus	Pharmaceutical	Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
amomi semen	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
amomi semen pulveratum	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012)
amomum fruit	Other	Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
amomum seed	Other	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
bastard cardamom	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
bastard cardamom seeds	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
bastard cardamoms	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
brhadela	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cardamom	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 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) Pharmacop. 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)
jadi-velchi	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
kaadu aelakki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
malakayelam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mothi-velchi	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
powdered amomum seed	Other	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012)
san yin	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
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)
sha-jin-kewh	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
sharen	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
shukushanin	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
so sha mi	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
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 Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
tasklep taslclep	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
tavoy cardamom	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
villous amomum	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
villous amomum fruit	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010)
wild siamese cardamom	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
xanthioid cardamom	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
xanthioid cardamoms	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
シュクシャ	Other	Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
シュクシャ末	Other	Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012)
砂仁	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
砂仁壳	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
砂仁花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
缩砂蜜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
fruit	dried ripe fruit	Pharmacop. of China (2010)
fruit	dried ripe fruit	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
fruit	dried ripe fruit	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
seed	seed mass	Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
fruit		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
fruit	dried ripe fruit	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
seed	seed mass	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006)
fruit		Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
seed	seed mass	Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012)
fruit, seed	ripe fruit, seed mass	Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

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

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) Škorničk. & 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 (Wwall. ex Bak.) T. L. Wu et Senjen	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Amomum villosum Lour. var. xanthioides (Wall. ex Baker) T. L. Wu & S. J. Chen	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Amomum villosum Lour. var. xanthioides (Wall. ex Baker) T. L. Wu et Senjen	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
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) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Amomum villosum Lourerio var. xanthioides T.L.Wu & Senjen	Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)
Amomum villosum Lourerio var. xanthioides T.L.Wu et Senjen	Korean Pharmacop., 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 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Amomum xanthioides	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Amomum xanthioides WALL.	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
Amomum xanthioides Wall.	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Amomum xanthioides Wall. ex Baker	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Amomum xanthioides Wallich	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Amomum xanthioides Wallich ex Baker	Med. & Pois. Pl. 1 (Padua et al., 1999)
Wurfbainia villosa var. xanthioides	WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024)

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