Plant Details

Accepted name:: Arisaema heterophyllum Blume [Araceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
arisaema cum bile	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
arisaema rhizome	Other	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
arisaematis rhizoma	Pharmaceutical	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
arisaematis rhizoma praeparatum	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
arisaematis rhizoma preparatum	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
bile arisaema	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
chinese arisaema	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
dannanxing	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
jack-in-the-pulpit rhizome	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
jackinthepulpit	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
jackinthepulpit tuber	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
maizuru-tennan-shō	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
prepared jackinthepulpit tuber	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
rhizoma arisaematis	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
tian nan sing	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
tian nan xing	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
tiannanxing	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
yi ye tian nan xing	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
zhitiannanxing	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
天南星	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
異葉天南星	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
胆星	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
tuber	dried tuber	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
tuber	dried tuber	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Tuber		Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
Bulb		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
tuber	dried tuber	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
rhizome		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
tuber	dried tuber	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
tuber		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
tuber		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 16 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Arisaema ambiguum Engl. Pflanzenr., IV, 23F: 187 (1920).
Arisaema brachyspathum Hayata Icon. Pl. Formosan. 5: 241 (1915).
Arisaema heterophyllum var. nigropunctatum Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 25: 228 (1910).
Arisaema heterophyllum var. typicum Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 25: 228 (1911), not validly publ.
Arisaema koreanum Engl. Pflanzenr., IV, 23F: 186 (1920).
Arisaema koreanum var. tacquetii Engl. Pflanzenr., IV, 23F: 187 (1920).
Arisaema kwangtungense Merr. Philipp. J. Sci. 15: 228 (1919).
Arisaema limprichtii K.Krause Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 12: 314 (1922).
Arisaema manshuricum Nakai Iconogr. Pl. Asiae Orient. 3: 199 (1939).
Arisaema multisectum Engl. Pflanzenr., IV, 23F: 186 (1920).
Arisaema stenospathum Hand.-Mazz. Anz. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 61: 122 (1924 publ. 1925).
Arisaema takeoi Hayata Icon. Pl. Formosan. 5: 246 (1915).
Arisaema thunbergii var. heterophyllum (Blume) Engl. in A.L.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 2: 405 (1879).
Heteroarisaema heterophyllum (Blume) Nakai J. Jap. Bot. 25: 6 (1950).
Heteroarisaema koreanum (Engl.) Nakai J. Jap. Bot. 25: 6 (1950).
Heteroarisaema manshuricum (Nakai) Nakai J. Jap. Bot. 25: 6 (1950).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Arisaema heterophyllum	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Arisaema heterophyllum BL.	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Arisaema heterophyllum Bl	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Arisaema heterophyllum Bl.	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Arisaema heterophyllum Blume	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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