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Non-scientific name:

butcher's broom

1 Accepted name(s) for "butcher's broom":

Accepted name
Ruscus aculeatus L.

9 Medicinal source(s) include this non-scientific name:

Medicinal sources: Scientific names as used in medicinal source: MPNS matched scientific names: Accepted name: Trade forms: Plant parts:
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Ruscus aculeatus L. Ruscus aculeatus L. Ruscus aculeatus L.
British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) Ruscus aculeatus L. Ruscus aculeatus L. Ruscus aculeatus L.
British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Ruscus aculeatus L. Ruscus aculeatus L. Ruscus aculeatus L. underground parts
Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998) Ruscus aculeatus L. Ruscus aculeatus L. Ruscus aculeatus L. root
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Ruscus aculeatus L. Ruscus aculeatus L. Ruscus aculeatus L.
European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) Ruscus aculeatus L. Ruscus aculeatus L. Ruscus aculeatus L. dried, whole or fragmented underground parts underground parts
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Ruscus aculeatus L. Ruscus aculeatus L. Ruscus aculeatus L.
National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) Ruscus aculeatus L. Ruscus aculeatus L. Ruscus aculeatus L.
Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Ruscus aculeatus Ruscus aculeatus L. Ruscus aculeatus L.

18 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "butcher's broom":

Non-scientific names: Class of name: Medicinal sources:
box holly Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
fragon Other Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998)
knee holly Other National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
mäusedornwurzel (ge) Other Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998)
petit houx Other Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998)
petit huoux Other Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
pungitopo Other Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
rhizome de petit-houx (fr) Other Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998)
rusci aculeati rhizoma Pharmaceutical Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
rusci aculeati rhizoma, rhizoma rusci Pharmaceutical Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998)
rusci rhizoma Pharmaceutical European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
rusco Other Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998)
stechender mäusedom Other Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998)
stechender mäusedorn Other Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
عجرم‬ Other National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
عرف‬ الديك Other National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
مكنسة‬ الجازر Other National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
‫سفندر Other National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)