Plant Details

Accepted name:: Veratrum nigrum L. [Melanthiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
black false hellebore	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
black-hellebore	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
false hellebore	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
lilu	Other	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
veratri rhizoma	Pharmaceutical	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)
veratrum nigrum	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
藜芦	Other	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:
Radix & Rhizome		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
rhizome		Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 8 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Veratrum nigrum var. ussuriense O.Loes. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 24: 70 (1927).
Helonias nigra (L.) Ker Gawl. J. Sci. Arts (London) 1: 184 (1816).
Melanthium nigrum (L.) Thunb. Melanthio: 8 (1797).
Veratrum bracteatum Batalin Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 13: 106 (1893).
Veratrum nigrum var. microcarpum Loes. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 26: 8 (1928).
Veratrum nigrum subsp. ussuriense (O.Loes.) Vorosch. in A.K.Skvortsov (ed.), Florist. Issl. Razn. Raionakh SSSR: 158 (1985).
Veratrum purpureum Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 214 (1796), nom. superfl.
Veratrum ussuriense (O.Loes.) Nakai Rep. Inst. Sci. Res. Manchoukuo 1: 335 (1937).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Veratrum nigrum	Med. Pl. in Russia & C Asia (Mamedov et al., 2005) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Veratrum nigrum L.	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbal Sector of Serbia (Stevanovic, 2011) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Veratrum nigrum Linné var. ussuriense Loes.fil.	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)

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