Plant Details

Accepted name:

Polygala senega var. latifolia Torr. & A.Gray [Polygalaceae]

Source of taxonomy and confidence:

World Checklist: unpublished records ( )

Information about this plant:

Plants of the World Online

Infraspecies of:

Polygala senega L.

Infraspecies:

Polygala senega var. senega

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bambara	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
bulughâ lon	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
gizr uththuban	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
klapperschlangenwurzel	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
mountain flax	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
peuhl	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
polygala de virginie	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
powdered senega	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
racine de polygala	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
racine de senega	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
radix polygalae	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
radix polygalae senegae	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
radix senegae	Pharmaceutical	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
rattlesnake root	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
seneca snakeroot	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
senega	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
senega root	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
senega snakeroot	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
senegae radix	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
senegae radix pulverata	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
senegakreuzblume	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
senegawurzel	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
snake root	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
szenegagyökér	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
tsuknida	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
vahulill	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
virginische schlangenwurzel	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
yoruba	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
セネガ	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
セネガ末	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root	dried root	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
root	root	Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006)
root		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
root		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 1 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

synonym
Polygala lonchophylla Greene Pittonia 3: 307 (1898).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Polygala senega L. var. latifolia Tony et Gray	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Polygala senega L. var. latifolia Torrey et Gray	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (2004)
Polygala senega Linné var. latifolia Torrey et Gray	Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)

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