Plant Details

Accepted name:: Nepeta cataria L. [Lamiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
badranj boya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
badranjboya	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
cat s-play	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cataire	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
cataire (herbe aux chats)	Other	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
cataria	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
catmint	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
catnep	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
catnip	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
catnip catmint	Other	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
catswort	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
chikuma-hakka	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
erba-de-gatta	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
erva-gateira	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
gewöhnliche katzenminze	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
herbe aux chats	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
hierba gatera	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
inu-hakka	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
jia jing jie	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
jing jie	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
jingjie	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
kattmynta	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
katzenminze	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
kotovnik košačij	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
macina trava	Other	Native Med. Pl. of Mt. Rtanj (Zlatković et al., 2014)
menta de gato	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
menthe des chats	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
nepeta	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
nepeta cataria	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
nepetae catariae herba	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
pisho botai	Other	Contaminat. of Soil, Med. and Fodder Pl., Pakistan (Nawab et al., 2015)
心叶荆芥	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
荆芥	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaf fraîche		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Herba		Native Med. Pl. of Mt. Rtanj (Zlatković et al., 2014)
Whole plant		Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
Whole grass		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Leaf, Herb		WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Leaves, flowering tops	Dried leaves	Contaminat. of Soil, Med. and Fodder Pl., Pakistan (Nawab et al., 2015)
leaves, flower	oil	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
whole plant		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
herb		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
herb	essential oil	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
Fruit		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 19 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Nepeta vulgaris Lam. Fl. Franç. 2: 398 (1779), nom. superfl.
Calamintha albiflora Vaniot Bull. Acad. Int. Géogr. Bot. 14: 181 (1904).
Cataria tomentosa Gilib. Fl. Lit. Inch. 1: 78 (1782), opus utique oppr.
Cataria vulgaris Gaterau Descr. Pl. Montauban: 105 (1789).
Glechoma cataria (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 518 (1891).
Glechoma macrura (Ledeb. ex Spreng.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 518 (1891).
Nepeta americana Vitman Summa Pl. 3: 419 (1789), nom. illeg.
Nepeta bodinieri Vaniot Bull. Acad. Int. Géogr. Bot. 14: 172 (1904).
Nepeta cataria var. canescens Sennen Bull. Soc. Bot. Rochelaise 24: 41 (1903), nom. nud.
Nepeta cataria var. citriodora Dumoulin ex Lej. Rev. Fl. Spa: 114 (1825).
Nepeta cataria f. laurentii (Sennen) Font Quer Fl. Hisp. Herb., Cent. VII: n.° 675 (1951).
Nepeta ceretana Sennen Treb. Inst. Catalana Hist. Nat. 15: 29 (1931).
Nepeta citriodora (Dumoulin ex Lej.) Dumort. Fl. Belg.: 47 (1827).
Nepeta laurentii Sennen Bol. Soc. Ibér. Ci. Nat. 32: 20 (1933 publ. 1934).
Nepeta macrura Ledeb. ex Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 2: 729 (1825).
Nepeta minor Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 2 (1768).
Nepeta mollis Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 78 (1796), nom. illeg.
Nepeta ruderalis Boiss. Fl. Orient. 4: 643 (1879), nom. illeg.
Nepeta tomentosa Vitman Summa Pl. 3: 419 (1789).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Nepeta cartia L.	Contaminat. of Soil, Med. and Fodder Pl., Pakistan (Nawab et al., 2015)
Nepeta cataria	Med. Pl. in Russia & C Asia (Mamedov et al., 2005) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Nepeta cataria L.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Native Med. Pl. of Mt. Rtanj (Zlatković et al., 2014) Neuraminidase Inhib. Med. Pl. in Lingnan TCM (Liu et al., 2018) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Nepeta cataria Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Nepeta cataria Linnaeus	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Nepeta vulgaris Lamarck	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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