Plant Details

Accepted name:: Elsholtzia ciliata (Thunb.) Hyl. [Lamiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ajagandhaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
ban bian su	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
ban silam	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
ban-tulasi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
bovai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
crested late-summer mint	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
crested late-summer-mint	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
crested latesummer mint	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
echte kamminze	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
elsholtziae herba	Pharmaceutical	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)
kammynta	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kinh giới	Other	Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
naginata-kōju	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
phootkanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
xiang ru	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
土香薷	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
臭藿香	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaves	oil	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
whole plant		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Flower, fruit		Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
whole plant		Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 37 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Elsholtzia cristata Willd. Bot. Mag. (Römer & Usteri) 4(11): 5 (1790).
Elsholtzia patrinii (Lepech.) Garcke Fl. N. Mitt.-Deutschland, ed. 4: 257 (1858).
Sideritis ciliata Thunb. in J.A.Murray, Syst. Nat., ed. 14.: 532 (1784).
Elsholtzia ciliata var. brevipes C.Y.Wu & S.C.Huang Acta Phytotax. Sin. 12: 346 (1974).
Elsholtzia ciliata var. depauperata C.Y.Wu & S.C.Huang Acta Phytotax. Sin. 12: 346 (1974).
Elsholtzia ciliata var. duplicatocrenata C.Y.Wu & S.C.Huang Acta Phytotax. Sin. 12: 345 (1974).
Elsholtzia ciliata f. leucantha T.Lee Bull. Kwanak Arbor. 1: 84 (1976).
Elsholtzia ciliata var. minima Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 35: 172 (1921).
Elsholtzia ciliata var. ramosa (Nakai) C.Y.Wu & H.W.Li Acta Phytotax. Sin. 13(1): 75 (1975).
Elsholtzia ciliata var. remota C.Y.Wu & S.C.Huang Acta Phytotax. Sin. 12: 345 (1974).
Elsholtzia communis var. longipilosa Hand.-Mazz. Acta Horti Gothob. 13: 357 (1939).
Elsholtzia cristata f. leucantha Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 35: 172 (1921).
Elsholtzia cristata var. ramosa Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 35: 172 (1921).
Elsholtzia cristata f. ruderalis Kom. Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 25: 389 (1907).
Elsholtzia cristata var. saxatilis (Kom.) Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 35: 172 (1921).
Elsholtzia cristata f. saxatilis Kom. Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 25: 390 (1907).
Elsholtzia cyprianii var. longipilosa (Hand.-Mazz.) C.Y.Wu & S.C.Huang Acta Phytotax. Sin. 12: 343 (1974).
Elsholtzia formosana Hayata Icon. Pl. Formosan. 8: 106 (1919).
Elsholtzia hallasanensis Y.N.Lee Bull. Korea Pl. Res. 1: 51 (2000).
Elsholtzia hallasanensis f. albiflora Y.N.Lee Bull. Korea Pl. Res. 5: 53 (2005).
Elsholtzia interrupta Ohwi Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 4: 67 (1935).
Elsholtzia pseudocristata H.Lév. & Vaniot Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 8: 424 (1910).
Elsholtzia pseudocristata var. saxatilis (Kom.) P.Y.Fu Fl. Pl. Herb. Chin. Bor.-Or. 7: 243 (1981).
Elsholtzia saxatilis (Kom.) Nakai ex Kitag. Rep. Inst. Sci. Res. Manchoukuo 1: 266 (1937).
Elsholtzia serotina Kom. Izv. Bot. Sada Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 30: 210 (1931 publ. 1932).
Elsholtzia splendens f. albiflora (Y.N.Lee) M.Kim Korean Endemic Pl.: 552 (2017).
Elsholtzia splendens var. hallasanensis (Y.N.Lee) M.Kim Korean Endemic Pl.: 266 (2017).
Elsholtzia springia Y.N.Lee Bull. Korea Pl. Res. 7: 4 (2007).
Hyssopus bracteatus C.C.Gmel. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. 1: 296 (1821).
Hyssopus ocymifolius Lam. Encycl. 3: 187 (1789).
Mentha baikalensis Georgi Beschr. Russ. Reich. 3(5): 1083 (1800).
Mentha cristata Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 115 (1825).
Mentha ovata Cav. Icon. 4: 36 (1797).
Mentha patrinii Lepech. Nova Acta Acad. Sci. Imp. Petrop. Hist. Acad. 1: 336 (1787).
Mentha perilloides Spreng. Bot. Gart. Halle: 48 (1800).
Perilla polystachya D.Don Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 115 (1825).
Sideritis ciliata var. mokpoensis Vaniot Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 8: 450 (1910).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Elscholtzia cristata Willdenow	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Elsholtzia ciliata	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Elsholtzia ciliata (Thunb.) Hyl.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Elsholtzia ciliata (Thunb.) Hyland.	Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Neuraminidase Inhib. Med. Pl. in Lingnan TCM (Liu et al., 2018) Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Elsholtzia ciliata (Thunberg) Hylander	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Elsholtzia ciliata Hylander	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)
Elsholtzia ciliate	Med. Pl. in Russia & C Asia (Mamedov et al., 2005)
Elsholtzia cristata Willd.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Elsholtzia patrini (Lepech.) Garcke	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Sideritis ciliata Thunb.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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