Plant Details

Accepted name:: Stemona sessilifolia (Miq.) Miq. [Stemonaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bai bu	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
baibu	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
japanese stemona root	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
radix stemonae	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
sessile stemona	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
sessile stemona root	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
stemona	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
stemona root	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
stemonae radix	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
zhi li bai bu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
百部	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
直立百部	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root tuber	dried root tuber	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
root tuber	dried root tuber	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
root tuber	dried root tuber	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
root tuber		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
root tuber	dried root tuber	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)

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

Roxburghia sessilifolia Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 2: 211 (1866).
Stemona erecta C.H.Wright Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1895: 117 (1895).
Stemona shandongensis D.K.Zang Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 16: 413 (1996).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Stemona sessifolia Franchet et Savat	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Stemona sessilifolia (Miq. ) Miq.	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Stemona sessilifolia (Miq.) Franch. & Sav.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Stemona sessilifolia (Miq.) Franch. et Sav.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Stemona sessilifolia (Miq.) Miq.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) 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)
Stemona sessilifolia (Miquel) Miquel	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Stemona sessilifolia Franch. et Sav.	Checklist of Korean Cult. Plants (Mun-Chan et al., 1986)
Stemonasessilifolia (Miq.)	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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