Plant Details

Accepted name:: Rhapis excelsa (Thunb.) A.Henry [Arecaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bamboo palm	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
pelas	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
waregu	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
wuruk	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
zōng l锟斤拷 zhú	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
zōng zhú	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
棕榈竹	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
棕竹	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
棕竹根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 14 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Chamaerops excelsa Thunb. in J.A.Murray (ed.), Syst. Veg., ed. 14.: 984 (1784).
Rhapis flabelliformis L'Hér. in W.Aiton, Hort. Kew. 3: 473 (1789), nom. superfl.
Trachycarpus excelsus (Thunb.) H.Wendl. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 8: 429 (1861).
Chamaerops excelsa var. gracilis Carrière Rev. Hort. (Paris) 47: 220 (1875).
Chamaerops kwanwortsik Siebold ex H.Wendl. Index Palm.: 34 (1854), nom. nud.
Rhapis aspera W.H.Baxter in J.C.Loudon, Suppl. Hort. Brit.: 624 (1839), nom. nud.
Rhapis cordata W.H.Baxter in J.C.Loudon, Suppl. Hort. Brit.: 624 (1839), nom. nud.
Rhapis divaricata Gagnep. Notul. Syst. (Paris) 6: 158 (1937).
Rhapis flabelliformis var. foliis-variegatis Rothsch. Pl. Feuill. Col., n.s., 2: 59 (1868), not validly publ.
Rhapis flabelliformis var. variegata B.S.Williams Choice Stove Orn.-Leav. Pl.: 282 (1870).
Rhapis javanica Blume Rumphia 2: 56 (1839).
Rhapis kwamwonzick Siebold ex Linden Ill. Hort. 34: 39 (1887).
Rhapis major Blume Rumphia 2: 55 (1839).
Trachycarpus excelsus var. fortunei Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 18: 20 (1904).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Chamaerops excelsa Thunb.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Rhapis excelsa	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Rhapis excelsa (Thunb.) A.Henry	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Rhapis excelsa (Thunb.) Henry ex Rehd.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Rhapis excelsa (Thunberg) Henry	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Rhapis flabelliformis	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Rhapis flabelliformis Ait.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Rhapisexcelsa.(Thunb.) Henryex Rehd.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Trachycarpus excelsus Wendland	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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