Plant Details

Accepted name:

Glycine max (L.) Merr. [Fabaceae]

Source of taxonomy and confidence:

World Checklist: unpublished records ( )

Information about this plant:

Plants of the World Online

Infraspecies:

See all 4

Glycine max subsp. formosana (Hosok.) Tateishi & H.Ohashi

Glycine max nothosubsp. gracilis (Skvortsov) H.Ohashi

Glycine max subsp. max

Glycine max subsp. soja (Siebold & Zucc.) H.Ohashi

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bean curd	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhat	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhatt	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhatwar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhetmas	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
black bean	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
boo me	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
da dou	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
dadouhuangjuan	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
daizu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
dan dou chi	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
dan dou chih	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
dandouchi	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
edamame	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
fermented soybean	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
frijol de soya	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
fève de soja	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
glycine semen germinatum	Pharmaceutical	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)
glycine semen nigra	Pharmaceutical	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)
glycine semen preparatum	Pharmaceutical	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)
haba soya	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
heidou	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
hydrogenated soya oil	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
hydrogenated soyabean oil	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
kong	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
lecithinum ex soja	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
oleum sojae	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
powdered soy isoflavone extract	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008)
powdered soy isoflavones extract	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
ramkurthi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
refined soya oil	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
refined soyabean oil	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
semen sojae praeparatum	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
semen sojae preparatum	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
soia	Other	Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996) Dizionario Delle Erbe Med. (Suozzi, 1995) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
soiae oleum hydrogenatum	Pharmaceutical	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
soiae oleum raffinatum	Pharmaceutical	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
soja	Other	Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Les Plantes Arom. et Med. (Bremness, 1996) Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) Timber Press Plant Names (Erhardt et al., 2009)
sojabohne	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Kräuter Gewürze und Heilpflanzen (Bremness, 1994) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Timber Press Plant Names (Erhardt et al., 2009)
sojaböna	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
sojae oleum	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
sojae semen	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
sojae semen germination	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
sojae semen germinatum	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
sojae semen nigrum	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
sojae semen praeparatum	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
sojae semen preparatum	Pharmaceutical	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
sojalecithin	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
soy bean	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) The Plant-Book (Mabberley, 1996) Timber Press Plant Names (Erhardt et al., 2009) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
soy or soya bean	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
soy protein concentrate	Other	Food Chemicals Codex (USP, 2008)
soya	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) The Plant-Book (Mabberley, 1996)
soya beans	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
soya beeja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
soya bonchi	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
soya plant	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
soya-bean	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
soya-bean oil, hydrogenated	Other	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
soya-bean oil, refined	Other	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
soyabean	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
soyabeen	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
soybean	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
soybean oil	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
soybean oil (unhydrogenated)	Other	Food Chemicals Codex (USP, 2008)
soybean yellow germination	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
tau foo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tofu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
බූ මෑ	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
සෝයා බෝංචි	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
ダイズ油	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
淡豆豉	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
seed	fermented preparation obtained from the ripe seed	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
seed	hydrogenated oil	British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
seeds		Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
seed		Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
seed		U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
Grains		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
ripe seed	fermented preparation obtained from the ripe seed	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
seed		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
seed	fermented preparation obtained from the ripe seed	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
seed	fatty oil	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
seed	powder	Food Chemicals Codex (USP, 2008)
seed	powdered extract	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008)
seed	fatty oil	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
seed	fixed oil	Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006)
seed		Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)
seed	fixed oil	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
seed	fixed oil	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
seed	Product obtained by refining, bleaching, hydrogenation and deodorisation of oil obtained from seeds	European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
seed	refined fixed oil obtained from the seeds	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

synonym
Phaseolus max L. Sp. Pl.: 725 (1753).
Soja max (L.) Piper U.S.D.A. Bur. Pl. Industr. Invent. Seeds 33: 53 (1915).
Phaseolus sordidus Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 335 (1796), nom. superfl.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Glycine max	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Food Chemicals Codex (USP, 2008) Substances in Medicines, Australia (TGA, 2007)
Glycine max (L) Merr.	British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
Glycine max (L.) Merr.	A Check-list of the Korean Cultivated Plants (Mun-Chan et al., 1986) Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996) British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2015) Dizionario Delle Erbe Med. (Suozzi, 1995) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kräuter Gewürze und Heilpflanzen (Bremness, 1994) Les Plantes Arom. et Med. (Bremness, 1996) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) The Plant-Book (Mabberley, 1996) Timber Press Plant Names (Erhardt et al., 2009) 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)
Glycine max (L.)Merr.	Les Plantes Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Glycine max (Linné) Merrill	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
Glycine max L. Merr.	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Glycine max Merr	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008)
Glycine max Merr.	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
Glycine max Merrill	Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
Glycine max. Merr.	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Phaseolus max L.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Soja max	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)

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