Plant Details

Accepted name:: Rubia argyi (H.Lév. & Vaniot) H.Hara [Rubiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
kantosuza	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
madder root	Other	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)
rubiae radix	Pharmaceutical	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)
situkoru	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
紅根仔草	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
紅根草	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
茜草	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
過山龍	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
金劍草	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)
金線草	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root		Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 8 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Rubia akane Nakai J. Jap. Bot. 13: 783 (1937).
Galium argyi H.Lév. & Vaniot Bull. Soc. Bot. France 55: 58 (1908).
Rubia akane var. erecta Masam. Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Formosa 29: 63 (1939).
Rubia argyi var. pubescens (Nakai) M.Kim Korean Endemic Pl.: 316 (2017).
Rubia chekiangensis Deb Bull. Bot. Soc. Bengal 24: 166 (1970 publ. 1971).
Rubia cordifolia var. pubescens Nakai in T.Mori, Enum. Pl. Corea: 326 (1922).
Rubia nankotaizana Masam. Hokuriku J. Bot. 2: 40 (1953).
Rubia pubescens (Nakai) Nakai J. Jap. Bot. 13: 783 (1937).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Rubia akane Nakai	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002) Med. Pl. Used by Indig. Taiwan (CCMP, 2003) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Rubia argyi (H.Lév. & Vaniot) H.Hara	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Rubia argyi (H.Lév. & Vaniot) Hara ex Lauener	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)

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