Plant Details

Accepted name:: Uncaria sinensis (Oliv.) Havil. [Rubiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
cho-to-kou	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
choto-ko	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
chotoko	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
gambir plant	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
gou teng	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
gout eng	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
gouteng	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
kagikazura	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
ramulus cum uncis uncariae	Pharmaceutical	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
ramulus uncariae cum uncis	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
stems and thorns	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
uncaria	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
uncaria hook	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
uncariae ramulus cum uncis	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
uncariae ramulus et uncus	Pharmaceutical	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)
uncariae uncis cum ramulus	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
チョウトウコウ	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
華鉤藤	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
鉤藤	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
钩藤	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
branch	dried hook-bearing branch	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
stem	dried hood-bearing stem branch	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
stem with hooks	dried stem with hooks	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
hook, hook-bearing stem		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
branch	dried hook-bearing branch	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
stem	hook or the hook-bearing stem	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006)
branch		Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)
stem branch	dried hook-bearing stem branch	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009)
hook or the hook-bearing stem		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Nauclea sinensis Oliv. Hooker's Icon. Pl. 20: t. 1956 (1891).
Uncaria membranifolia F.C.How Sunyatsenia 6: 254 (1946).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Nauclea sinensis Oliv.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Nauclea sinensis Olivier	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Uncaria sinensis	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Uncaria sinensis (Oiiv.) Havil.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Uncaria sinensis (Oli.) Havil	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)
Uncaria sinensis (Oliv.) Havil	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Uncaria sinensis (Oliv.) Havil.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 4 (2009) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Uncaria sinensis (Oliver) Havil.	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998)
Uncaria sinensis Haviland	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
Uncaria sinensis Olivier	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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