Plant Details

Accepted name:: Alisma plantago-aquatica L. [Alismataceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: Alisma plantago-aquatica subsp. orientale (Sam.) Sam.

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
american water plantain	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
american waterplantain	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
common water plantain	Other	Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
common waterplantain	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
jala pernee	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mad dog weed	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mad-dog weed	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
mezmārorrāyi	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
svalting	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
trạch tả	Other	Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
water alisma	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
water plantain	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
water-plantain	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ze xie	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
zexie	Other	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
مزمارالرّاعي	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
泽泻	Other	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Bulb		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Whole plant		Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
rhizomes		Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
root		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Root		Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)

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

Alisma major Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 216 (1821 publ. 1822), nom. superfl.
Alisma plantago-aquatica subsp. latifolium Ehrh. Hannover. Mag. 18: 221 (1780), not validly publ.
Damasonium plantago-aquaticum (L.) Chaz. Suppl. Dict. Jard. 1: 384 (1789).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Alisma plantago L.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Alisma plantago-aquatica	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014) Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Alisma plantago-aquatica L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) 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)
Alisma plantagoauatica L.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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