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Plant Details

Accepted name: 
Ruscus aculeatus L. [Asparagaceae]
Source: 
World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant: 
Plants of the World Online
Non-scientific name: Class of name: Medicinal source:
arkomersíni Other Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
box holly Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
box-holly Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
butcher s-broom Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
butcher's broom Other British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011)
British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998)
European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
butcher's-broom Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
butcher´s broom Other British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
butcher’s broom Other EMA Com. Monog.: Ruscus aculeatus, rhiz. (2007)
European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
diken kökü Other Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
fragon Other Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998)
fragon piquant Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
fragon épineux Other Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
jew’s myrtle Other Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
knee holly Other National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
knee-holly Other Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000)
mäusedornwurzel (ge) Other Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998)
mäusedornwurzelstock Other E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
pernári Other Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
petit houx Other Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998)
GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
petit huoux Other Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
pungitopo Other Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
rhizome de petit-houx (fr) Other Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998)
rusci aculeati rhizoma Other E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
EMA Com. Monog.: Ruscus aculeatus, rhiz. (2007)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
rusci aculeati rhizoma, rhizoma rusci Pharmaceutical Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998)
rusci rhizoma Pharmaceutical European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
rusco Other Annexo III: Veg. Drugs in Registry of Meds, Argentina (2009)
Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998)
stechender mäusedom Other Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998)
stechender mäusedorn Other Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
stickmyrten Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
αρκομερσίνι Other Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
περνάρι Other Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
عجرم‬ Other National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
عرف‬ الديك Other National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
مكنسة‬ الجازر Other National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
‫سفندر Other National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)