Plant Details

Accepted name:: Polygonatum kingianum Collett & Hemsl. [Asparagaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
dian huang jing	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
huang jing	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
huangjing	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
huángjīng	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
khing pha	Other	Med. Pl. of the Lao P.Rep. (Sydara et al., 2014)
king solomon's seal	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
polygonati rhizoma	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) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
polygonatum rhizome	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)
rhizoma polygonati	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
siberian solomon seal	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
solomonseal	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
solomonseal rhizome	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
オウセイ	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
滇黃精	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
黃精	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
黄精	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
rhizome	dried rhizome	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
rhizome	rhizome	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Rhizome		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
rhizome	dried rhizome	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
root, rhizome		Med. Pl. of the Lao P.Rep. (Sydara et al., 2014)
rhizome		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
Rhizomes		Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
rhizome	dried rhizome	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
rhizome	rhizome, usually steamed	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006)
rhizome		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
rhizome		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
rhizome	steamed rhizome	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 13 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Polygonatum agglutinatum Hua J. Bot. (Morot) 6: 448 (1892).
Galium tuberosum Lour. Fl. Cochinch.: 79 (1790).
Polygonatum cavaleriei H.Lév. Mem. Pontif. Accad. Romana Nuovi Lincei 24: 345 (1906).
Polygonatum darrisii H.Lév. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 536 (1913).
Polygonatum ericoideum H.Lév. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 7: 384 (1909).
Polygonatum esquirolii H.Lév. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 8: 59 (1910).
Polygonatum huanum H.Lév. Mem. Pontif. Accad. Romana Nuovi Lincei 24: 345 (1906).
Polygonatum kingianum var. cavaleriei (H.Lév.) C.Jeffrey & McEwan Kew Bull. 34: 464 (1980).
Polygonatum kingianum var. ericoideum (H.Lév.) C.Jeffrey & McEwan Kew Bull. 34: 464 (1980).
Polygonatum kingianum var. grandifolium D.M.Liu & W.Z.Zeng Fl. Sichuanica 7: 230 (1991).
Polygonatum kingianum var. uncinatum (Diels) C.Jeffrey & McEwan Kew Bull. 34: 464 (1980).
Polygonatum uncinatum Diels Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 5: 297 (1912).
Polygonatum vietnamicum L.I.Abramova Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 23: 47 (1986).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Polygonatum agglutinatum Hua	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Polygonatum kingianum	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Polygonatum kingianum Coli. & Hemsl.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Polygonatum kingianum Coll. & Hemsl.	Med. Pl. of the Lao P.Rep. (Sydara et al., 2014)
Polygonatum kingianum Coll. & Hemsley	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)
Polygonatum kingianum Coll. et Hemsl.	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Polygonatum kingianum Coll. et Hemsley	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
Polygonatum kingianum Collard et Hemsel	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Polygonatum kingianum Collett & Hemsl.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Polygonatum kingianum Collett & Hemsley	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
Polygonatum kingianum Collett et Hemsley	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)

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