Plant Details

Accepted name:: Mercurialis annua L. [Euphorbiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
annual mercury	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
dağ fesleğeni	Other	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
einjähriges bingelkraut	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
french mercury	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
grenbingel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
halbub	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
herb mercury	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ishbet al-jurh	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
حلبوب	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
عشبة الجرح	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
fresh plant		Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
herb		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 33 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Discoplis serrata Raf. New Fl. 4: 9 (1838).
Mercurialis ambigua L.f. Dec. Pl. Hort. Upsal. 1: 15 (1762).
Mercurialis annua f. ambigua (L.f.) Knoche Fl. Baléar. 2: 144 (1922).
Mercurialis annua subsp. ambigua (L.f.) Arcang. Comp. Fl. Ital.: 622 (1882).
Mercurialis annua lusus ambigua (L.f.) Müll.Arg. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 797 (1866).
Mercurialis annua var. ambigua (L.f.) Mérat Nouv. Fl. Env. Paris: 402 (1812).
Mercurialis annua var. angustifolia Gaudin Fl. Helv. 6: 296 (1830).
Mercurialis annua var. camberiensis Chabert Bull. Soc. Bot. France 38: 300 (1881).
Mercurialis annua var. capillacea Guépin Fl. Maine et Loire, ed. 3: 401 (1845).
Mercurialis annua f. ciliata (C.Presl) Pax & K.Hoffm. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 147, VII: 274 (1914).
Mercurialis annua f. cordata Wirtg. Flora 33: 82 (1850).
Mercurialis annua f. cuneatolanceolata Wirtg. Flora 33: 82 (1850).
Mercurialis annua var. dioica Moris Fl. Sardoa 3: 478 (1859).
Mercurialis annua subvar. euannua Litard. in J.I.Briquet, Prodr. Fl. Corse 2, 2: 66 (1935), not validly publ.
Mercurialis annua var. genuina Müll.Arg. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 797 (1866), not validly publ.
Mercurialis annua var. intermixta Merino Fl. Galicia 3: 613 (1909).
Mercurialis annua var. laciniata Müll.Arg. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(2): 797 (1866).
Mercurialis annua f. lanceolata Wirtg. Flora 33: 82 (1850).
Mercurialis annua var. monoica Moris Fl. Sardoa 3: 478 (1859).
Mercurialis annua f. ovata Wirtg. Flora 33: 82 (1850).
Mercurialis annua var. sancti-marini Pamp. Boll. Mus. Republ. San Marino 4: 116 (1920).
Mercurialis annua subvar. serrata Litard. in J.I.Briquet, Prodr. Fl. Corse 2: 2 (1935).
Mercurialis annua var. transsylvanica Schur Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 600 (1866).
Mercurialis annua var. typica Fiori in A.Fiori & al., Fl. Anal. Italia 2: 291 (1901), not validly publ.
Mercurialis annua var. urticiformis Sennen & Pau Exsicc. (Pl. Espagne) 1909: n.° 798 (1909).
Mercurialis annua var. variegata Löhr Bot. Zeitung, 2. Abt. 68: 62 (1910).
Mercurialis annua f. verticillata Bolzon Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 20: 332 (1913).
Mercurialis ciliata C.Presl in J.S.Presl & C.B.Presl, Delic. Prag.: 56 (1822).
Mercurialis ladanum Hartm. Bot. Not. 1849: 67 (1849).
Mercurialis monoica (Moris) B.M.Durand Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot. Biol. Vég., sér. 12, 4: 727 (1963).
Mercurialis pinnatifida Sennen Bol. Soc. Aragonesa Ci. Nat. 8: 146 (1909).
Mercurialis tarraconensis Sennen Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n.s., 72: 16 (1925 publ. 1926).
Synema annuum (L.) Dulac Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées: 154 (1867).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Mercurialis annua	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Mercurialis annua L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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