Plant Details

Accepted name:: Polygonatum odoratum (Mill.) Druce [Asparagaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 4

Polygonatum odoratum var. maximowiczii (F.Schmidt) Koidz.

Polygonatum odoratum var. odoratum

Polygonatum odoratum var. thunbergii (C.Morren & Decne.) H.Hara

Polygonatum odoratum var. pluriflorum (Miq.) Ohwi

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
angular solomon's-seal	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
angular solomon’s seal	Other	Food & Med. in Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015) Pl. in Armenian Trad. Med. for Antimicr. Activity (Ginovyan et al., 2017)
aromatic solomon's seal	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
aromatic solomon's-seal	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
fragrant solomon's seal	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
fragrant solomonseal	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
fragrant solomonseal rhizome	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
getrams	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kupena aptečnaja	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kupena pachučaja	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ngọc trúc	Other	Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
polygonati odorati rhizoma	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
rhizoma polygonati odorati	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
scented solomon's-seal	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
solomon's-seal	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
yu jhu	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
yu zhu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
yuzhu	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
yùzhú	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
купина	Other	Food & Med. in Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015)
玉竹	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) 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		Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
Rhizome		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
rhizome	dried rhizome	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
rhizome, aerial part		Pl. in Armenian Trad. Med. for Antimicr. Activity (Ginovyan et al., 2017)
rhizome		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Rhizomes		Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
Root		Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
rhizome	dried rhizome	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)

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

Convallaria odorata Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 4 (1768).
Polygonatum sigillum Druce List Brit. Pl.: 69 (1908), nom. superfl.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Polygonatum odoratum	Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Polygonatum odoratum (Mill.)	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Polygonatum odoratum (Mill.) Druce	Food & Med. in Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Pl. in Armenian Trad. Med. for Antimicr. Activity (Ginovyan et al., 2017) Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Polygonatum odoratum (Mill.)Druce	TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011)
Polygonatum odoratum (Miller) Druce	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)

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