Plant Details

Accepted name:: Platycodon grandiflorus (Jacq.) A.DC. [Campanulaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ballon flower	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ballonblume	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
balloon flower	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
balloon flower root	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
balloon-flower	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
bāo fú huā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
chieh keng	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
chinese bell flower	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
chinese bellflower	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
chinese-bellflower	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cát cánh	Other	Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
doraji	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
gil gyeong	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
großblütige ballonblume	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
japanese bellflower	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
jie geng	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
jiegeng	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) 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) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
jieseng	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
jigeng	Other	Homegarden Med. Ethnobot. of Naxi in NW Yunnan (Yang et al., 2014)
jié gěng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
jiégĕng	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
kikiyou	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
kikyo	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
kikyokon	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
kikyou	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
kikyō	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
platycodi radix	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
platycodi radix pulverata	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
platycodon	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
platycodon fluid extract	Other	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
platycodon fluidextract	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
platycodon grandiflorum	Other	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
platycodon radix	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
platycodon root	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
platycodon à grandes fleures	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
platycodon à grandes fleurs	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
platycodonis radix	Pharmaceutical	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
powdered platycodon root	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
praktklocka	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
radix platycodi	Pharmaceutical	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
radix platycodonis	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
shā yóu cài	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
shān líng dāng huā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sì yè cài	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
キキョウ	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
キキョウ末	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
キキョウ流エキス	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
包袱花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
四叶菜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
山玲铛花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
桔梗	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) 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) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay 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)
沙油菜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root	dried root	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
root	dried root	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Root		Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
Radix		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Root		Homegarden Med. Ethnobot. of Naxi in NW Yunnan (Yang et al., 2014)
Root		WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
root	dried root	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
rhizoma, root stock		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
root		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
root		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
root	root	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
roots		Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
root		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
root		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Roots		Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
Root		Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
root	dried root	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
root	root	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006)
root		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
root		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
root		Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)
root with periderm, root without periderm		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 41 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Campanula glauca Thunb. in J.A.Murray (ed.), Syst. Veg., ed. 14.: 211 (1784).
Campanula grandiflora Jacq. Hort. Bot. Vindob. 3: 4 (1777).
Platycodon glaucus (Thunb.) Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 38: 301 (1924).
Campanula gentianoides Lam. Encycl. 1: 581 (1785), nom. superfl.
Platycodon autumnalis Decne. Rev. Hort. (Paris), sér. 3, 2: 361 (1848).
Platycodon chinensis Lindl. & Paxton Paxton's Fl. Gard. 2: 121 (1851).
Platycodon glaucus f. albiflorus Honda Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 51: 858 (1937).
Platycodon glaucus f. albus Makino J. Jap. Bot. 3: 43 (1926).
Platycodon glaucus f. bicolor Makino J. Jap. Bot. 3: 43 (1926).
Platycodon glaucus var. duplex (Makino) Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 38: 301 (1924).
Platycodon glaucus var. monanthus Nakai J. Jap. Bot. 15: 686 (1939).
Platycodon glaucus var. pentapetalus (Makino) Makino J. Jap. Bot. 3: 44 (1926).
Platycodon glaucus var. planicorollatus Makino Jissai-engei 26: 461 (1950).
Platycodon glaucus var. rugosus Makino Jissai-engei 26: 461 (1950).
Platycodon glaucus var. subaphyllus Nakai J. Jap. Bot. 15: 686 (1939).
Platycodon glaucus f. subasepalus Honda Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 52: 517 (1938).
Platycodon glaucus f. violaceus Makino J. Jap. Bot. 3: 44 (1926).
Platycodon grandiflorus f. albiflorus (Honda) H.Hara Enum. Spermatophytarum Japon. 2: 101 (1952).
Platycodon grandiflorus var. albus Stubenrauch in L.H.Bailey, Cycl. Amer. Hort.: 1370 (1901).
Platycodon grandiflorus f. angustifolius Regel Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, Sér. 7, 4(4): 100 (1861).
Platycodon grandiflorus var. autumnalis (Decne.) Voss Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 572 (1894).
Platycodon grandiflorus f. bicolor (Makino) H.Hara Enum. Spermatophytarum Japon. 2: 102 (1952).
Platycodon grandiflorus var. candolleanus Franch. Mém. Soc. Sci. Nat. Math. Cherbourg 24: 231 (1882).
Platycodon grandiflorus var. duplex Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 22: 157 (1908).
Platycodon grandiflorus var. glaucus (Thunb.) Siebold & Zucc. Abh. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. 4(3): 179 (1846).
Platycodon grandiflorus var. japonicus Stubenrauch in L.H.Bailey, Cycl. Amer. Hort.: 1370 (1901).
Platycodon grandiflorus f. leucanthus H.Hara Enum. Spermatophytarum Japon. 2: 102 (1952).
Platycodon grandiflorus var. mariesii Lynch Garden (London, 1871-1927) 27: 216 (1885).
Platycodon grandiflorus f. monanthus (Nakai) Hyun S.Kim Fl. Coreana 6: 97 (1976).
Platycodon grandiflorus var. pentapetalus Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 23: 21 (1909).
Platycodon grandiflorus var. planicorollatus (Makino) Nakai Enum. Spermatophytarum Japon. 2: 102 (1952).
Platycodon grandiflorus var. rugosus (Makino) Nakai Enum. Spermatophytarum Japon. 2: 102 (1952).
Platycodon grandiflorus var. semiplenus Stubenrauch in L.H.Bailey, Cycl. Amer. Hort.: 1370 (1901).
Platycodon grandiflorus var. striatus Stubenrauch in L.H.Bailey, Cycl. Amer. Hort.: 1370 (1901).
Platycodon grandiflorus f. subasepalus (Honda) H.Hara Enum. Spermatophytarum Japon. 2: 101 (1952).
Platycodon mariesii (Lynch) Wittm. Gartenflora 41: 655 (1892).
Platycodon mariesii f. albonanus H.Hara Enum. Spermatophytarum Japon. 2: 102 (1952).
Platycodon mariesii var. albus Wittm. Gartenflora 41: 655 (1892).
Platycodon mariesii f. striatus (Stubenrauch) H.Hara Enum. Spermatophytarum Japon. 2: 101 (1952).
Platycodon sinensis Lem. Jard. Fleur. 3: t. 250 (1853).
Wahlenbergia grandiflora (Jacq.) Schrad. Index Seminum (GOET, Gottingensis) 1814: 3 (1814), genus not validly publ.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Campanula glauca Thunberg	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Campanula grandiflora Jacq.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Platycodon glaucum Nakai	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Platycodon grandiflorum	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Platycodon grandiflorum ( Jacq.) A. DC.	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Platycodon grandiflorum (Jacq.) A. DC.	Checklist of Korean Cult. Plants (Mun-Chan et al., 1986) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 1 (1999)
Platycodon grandiflorum (Jacq.) A.DC.	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
Platycodon grandiflorum (Jacq.) DC.	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
Platycodon grandiflorum (Jacqui) A. DC.	TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011)
Platycodon grandiflorum A. De Candolle	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
Platycodon grandiflorum A.De Candolle	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)
Platycodon grandiflorum DC.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Platycodon grandiflorus	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Platycodon grandiflorus (Jacq.) A. DC.	GAP Prod. of TCM Herbs in China (Zhang et al., 2010) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Platycodon grandiflorus (Jacq.) A.DC.	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Homegarden Med. Ethnobot. of Naxi in NW Yunnan (Yang et al., 2014) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Platycodon grandiflorus (Jacq.) A.dc.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Platycodon grandiflorus A. De Candolle	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
Platycodon grandiflorus DC.	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Platycodon grandiflorus Uacq.) A.DC.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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