Plant Details

Accepted name:: Arisaema dracontium (L.) Schott [Araceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
arum dracontium	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
dragon root	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
dragon-	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
green dragon	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
green-dragon	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
greendragon	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 5 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Arisaema boscii Blume Rumphia 1: 104 (1836).
Arisaema plukenetii Blume Rumphia 1: 110 (1836).
Arum dracontium L. Sp. Pl.: 964 (1753).
Arum exsertum Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 260 (1796).
Muricauda dracontium (L.) Small Fl. S.E. U.S.: 227 (1903).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Arisaema dracontium (L.) Schott	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Arisaema dracontium Schott	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Arisaema dracontium Schott.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)

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