Plant Details

Accepted name:: Pinellia ternata (Thunb.) Makino [Araceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ban sia	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
ban xia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
banxia	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
da yung	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
dreizählige pinellie	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
dwa g.yung	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
fa ban xia	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2022 (WHO-UMC, 2022)
fabanxia	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
half summer	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
jiang ban xia	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
jiangbanxia	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
pinellia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
pinellia tuber	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
pinellia tuber prepared with alum	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
pinellia tuber prepared with ginger	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
pinelliae praeparatum rhizoma	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
pinelliae rhizoma	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
pinelliae rhizoma praeparatum	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
pinelliae rhizoma praeparatum cum alumine	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
pinelliae rhizoma praeparatum cum zingibere et alumine	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
pinelliae tuber	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
prepared pinellia tuber	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
qingbanxia	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
rhizoma pinelliae	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
rhizoma pinelliae praeparatum	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
svanskalla	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
དྭ་གཡུང་།	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
ハンゲ	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
半夏	Other	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)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
tuber	dried tuber	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
Bulb		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
tuber	dried tuber	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
tuber		WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2022 (WHO-UMC, 2022)
tuber		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
rhizome, ginger-cured rhizome, licorice-cured rhizome		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
tuber	dried tuber	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
tuber	tuber, cork layer removed	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006)
tuber		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
tuber		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
tuber		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 29 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Arum ternatum Thunb. in J.A.Murray (ed.), Syst. Veg., ed. 14.: 827 (1784).
Alocasia ternata (Thunb.) Raf. Fl. Tellur. 3: 64 (1837).
Arisaema loureiroi Blume Rumphia 1: 108 (1836).
Arisaema macrourum (Bunge) Kunth Enum. Pl. 3: 644 (1841).
Arisaema ternatum (Thunb.) Schott in H.W.Schott & S.L.Endlicher, Melet. Bot.: 17 (1832).
Arum atrorubens Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 3: 769 (1826), nom. illeg.
Arum bulbiferum Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 260 (1796), nom. superfl.
Arum bulbosum Pers. ex Kunth Enum. Pl. 3: 54 (1841).
Arum fornicatum Roth Nov. Pl. Sp.: 362 (1821).
Arum macrourum Bunge Enum. Pl. China Bor.: 67 (1833).
Arum subulatum Desf. Tabl. École Bot., ed. 3: 7 (1829).
Arum triphyllum Houtt. Nat. Hist. 2(2): 184 (1774), nom. illeg.
Atherurus ternatus (Thunb.) Blume Rumphia 1: 136 (1837).
Hemicarpurus fornicatus Nees Index Seminum (WROCL, Wratislaviensi) 1839: [4] (1839).
Pinellia angustata Schott Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 1: 123 (1863).
Pinellia fornicata (Roth) Pritz. Icon. Bot. Index: 846 (1855).
Pinellia koreana K.Tae & J.H.Kim Novon 15: 484 (2005).
Pinellia ternata f. angustata (Schott) Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 15: 136 (1901).
Pinellia ternata var. angustata (Schott) Engl. in A.L.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 2: 256 (1879).
Pinellia ternata var. atropurpurea Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 15: 135 (1901).
Pinellia ternata f. atropurpurea (Makino) Ohwi Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus. Tokyo 33: 68 (1953).
Pinellia ternata var. giraldiana Engl. Pflanzenr., IV, 23F: 224 (1920).
Pinellia ternata var. koreana (K.Tae & J.H.Kim) M.Kim Korean Endemic Pl.: 507 (2017).
Pinellia ternata f. subcuspidata Honda Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 51: 857 (1937).
Pinellia ternata var. subpandurata (Engl.) Engl. Pflanzenr., IV, 23F: 224 (1920).
Pinellia ternata var. vulgaris Engl. Pflanzenr., IV, 23F: 224 (1920).
Pinellia tuberifera Ten. Atti Reale Accad. Sci., Sez. Soc. Reale Borbon. 4: 57 (1839), nom. superfl.
Pinellia tuberifera var. subpandurata Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 1: 488 (1881).
Typhonium tuberculigerum Schott Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 1: 123 (1863).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Arum ternatum Thunb.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Pinellia ternata	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)
Pinellia ternata (Thunb.) Breit.	Neuraminidase Inhib. Med. Pl. in Lingnan TCM (Liu et al., 2018) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Pinellia ternata (Thunb.) Breitenb.	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
Pinellia ternata (Thunb.) Makino	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2022 (WHO-UMC, 2022) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Pinellia ternata (Thunb.) Makino ex Breit.	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Pinellia ternata (Thunb.) Maxino	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Pinellia ternata Breitenbach	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
Pinellia ternata Tenore et Breit.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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