Plant Details

Accepted name:: Curcuma kwangsiensis S.G.Lee & C.F.Liang [Zingiberaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
acafrao	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
arqussofar	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
asabi-e-safr	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
avea	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
cago rerega	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
chiang-huang	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
common tumeric	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
curcum	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
curcuma	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
curcuma rhizome	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
curcuma root	Other	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
curcumae longae radix	Pharmaceutical	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
curcumae radix	Pharmaceutical	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
curcumae rhizoma	Pharmaceutical	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 (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
dilau	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
dilaw	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
e jhu	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
e zhu	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
ezhu	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
gelbwurzel	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
gezo	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
goeratji	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
guang xi e zhu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
guangxi turmeric	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
guei yu jin	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
guiyujin	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)
haku halu	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
haladi	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
haldi	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
haldu	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
hardi	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
haridra	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
hsanwen	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
huang chiang	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
hurid	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
indian saffron	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
jiânghuan	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
kaha	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
kakoenji	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
kalo haledo	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
khamin chan	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
khaminchan	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
kiko eea	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
kilunga kuku	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
kitambwe	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
koening	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
koenit	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
koenjet	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
kondin	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
kooneit	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
kunyit	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
kurcum	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
kurkum	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
kurkumawurzelstock	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
luyang dilaw	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
mandano	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
manjal	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
manjano	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
nghe	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
nisha	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
oendre	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
pasupu	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
radix curcumae	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
rajani	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
rame	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
renga	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
rhizoma curcumae	Pharmaceutical	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
rhizoma curcumae longae	Pharmaceutical	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
rhizoma curcumae zedoariae	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
rhizome decurcuma	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
saffran vert	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
safran	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
safran des indes	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
skyer-rtsa	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
tumeric	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
tumeric rhizome	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
tumeric root	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
turmeric	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
turmeric root tuber	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
ukon	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
ul gum	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
wong keong	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
wong keung	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
yellowroot	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
yii-chin	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
yu jin	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
yujin	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
zardchob	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
zedoaria	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
zedoary	Other	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
zedoray rhizome	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
ガジュツ	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
广西莪术	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
廣西莪朮	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
桂鬱金	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
莪朮	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
莪术	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
郁金	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
鬱金	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root tuber	dried root tuber	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
rhizome	dried rhizome	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
root tuber	dried root tuber	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
rhizome		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
rhizome	dried rhizome	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
rhizome, root tuber		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
rhizome	dried rhizome	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
root tuber	dried steamed root tuber, or the root tuber from which the periderm has been removed	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
rhizome		Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)
root tuber	dried root tuber	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Curcuma chuanyujin C.K.Hsieh & Hao Zhang J. W. China Univ. Med. Sci. 21(2): 179 (1990), contrary to Art. 37.7 ICBN (2006).
Curcuma kwangsiensis var. affinis Y.H.Chen Acta Pharm. Sin. 16: 387 (1981).
Curcuma kwangsiensis var. puberula Y.H.Chen Acta Pharm. Sin. 16: 387 (1981).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Curcuam kwangsiensis S. G. Leset C. F. Liang	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Curcuma Kwangsiensis S. G. Lee et C. F. Liang	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Curcuma chuanyujin C. K. Hsieh et H. Zhang	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Curcuma chuanyujin C.K.Hsieh & H.Zhang	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Curcuma kwandsiensis Lee et Liang	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Curcuma kwangsiensis S. G. Lee et C. F. Liang	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
Curcuma kwangsiensis S. G. Leeet C. F. Liang	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Curcuma kwangsiensis S. K. Lee & C. F. Liang	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Curcuma kwangsiensis S. Lee et C.F. Liang	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
Curcuma kwangsiensis S.G. Lee & C.F. Liang	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Curcuma kwangsiensis S.G.Lee & C.F.Liang	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2022 (WHO-UMC, 2022) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Curcuma kwangsiensis S.G.Lee & C.F.Liang,	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)
Curcuma kwangsiensis S.g. Lee & C.f. Liang	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Curcuma kwangsinensis S.Lee & C.F.Liang	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)

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