Plant Details

Accepted name:: Pleioblastus amarus (Keng) Keng f. [Poaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
苦竹叶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
苦竹根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
苦竹沥	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
苦竹笋	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
苦竹茹	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 12 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Arundinaria amara Keng Sinensia 6: 148 (1935).
Arundinaria varia Keng Sinensia 6: 150 (1935).
Indocalamus varius (Keng) Keng f. in Y.L.Keng, Clav. Gen. Sp. Gram. Prim. Sin.: 152 (1957).
Pleioblastus amarus var. hangzhouensis S.L.Chen & S.Y.Chen Acta Phytotax. Sin. 21: 408 (1983).
Pleioblastus amarus f. huangshanensis C.L.Huang J. Bamboo Res. 15(3): 14 (1996).
Pleioblastus amarus var. pendulifolius S.Y.Chen Acta Phytotax. Sin. 21: 413 (1983).
Pleioblastus amarus var. tubatus T.H.Wen Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 3(1): 93 (1983).
Pleioblastus brevinodus W.T.Lin & Z.J.Feng J. Bamboo Res. 13(2): 19 (1994).
Pleioblastus longqishanensis N.X.Zhao & Z.Yu Li in Z.Y.Li (ed.), Pl. Lingqui Mount.: 603 (1994).
Pleioblastus subrectangularis T.P.Yi & H.Long J. Bamboo Res. 14(1): 17 (1995).
Pleioblastus varius (Keng) Keng f. Techn. Bull. Natl. Forest. Res. Bur. 8: 1 (1948).
Pleioblastus yingdeensis W.T.Lin & Z.M.Wu J. S. China Agric. Univ. 11(3): 47 (1990).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Arundinaria amara Keng	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Pleioblastus amarus (Keng ) Keng f.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Pleioblastus amarus (Keng) Keng f.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Pleioblastus amarus Keng	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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