Plant Details

Accepted name:: Eleutherococcus senticosus (Rupr. & Maxim.) Maxim. [Araliaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
acanthopanacis senticosi radix et rhizoma seu caulis	Pharmaceutical	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
borstige fingeraralie	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
buisson du diable	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
chi wu cha	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
ci wu jia	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) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Value Chains of Herbal Med. (Booker et al., 2012)
ciwujia	Other	Geographical Indications for Med. Pl. (Brinckmann, 2015) Homegarden Med. Ethnobot. of Naxi in NW Yunnan (Yang et al., 2014) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) 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. 2 (WHO, 2004)
ciwujia jingao	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
ciwujia pian	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
devil's bush	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
devil's shrub	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
dikij perec	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
eleuterococco	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
eleuterococo, raíz	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)
eleuthero	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
eleuthero root	Other	Geographical Indications for Med. Pl. (Brinckmann, 2015)
eleuthero root and rhizome	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020)
eleutherococc	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
eleutherococci radix	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) EMA Com. Monog.: Eleuthrococcus senticosus, rad. (2006) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
eleutherococci senticosi rhizoma	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
eleutherococcus	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
eleutherococcus root	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Eleuthrococcus senticosus, rad. (2006)
eleutherococcus senticosus rhizome	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
eleutherococcus-senticosus-wurzel	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
eleutherococoque	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
eleutherokokk koljucij	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
eleuthrococcus	Other	EMA Com. Monog.: Eleuthrococcus senticosus, rad. (2006)
extractum acanthopanacis senticosi	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
ezo-kogi	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ezoukogi	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
gashi ohgap	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
gasiogalpinamu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ginseng	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ginseng de sibérie	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
ginseng siberiano	Other	Annexo III: Veg. Drugs in Registry of Meds, Argentina (2009)
ginseng, siberian	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
hongmao-wujiapi	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
many prickle acanthopanax	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
manyprickle acanthopanax	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
manyprickle acanthopanax extract	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
manyprickle acanthopanax root	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
manyprickle acanthopanax tablets	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
paektusan acanthopanax senticosus	Other	Geographical Indications for Med. Pl. (Brinckmann, 2015)
pai wu cha pi	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
prickly eleutherococc	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
prickly eleutherococcus	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
radix acanthopanacis senticosi	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
radix eleutherococci	Pharmaceutical	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
radix et rhizoma seu caulis acanthopanacis senticosi	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
russian ginseng	Other	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
rysk rot	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
shigoka	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
siberian ginseng	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
siberian-ginseng	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sibirischer ginseng	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
stachelkraftwurz	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
stachelpanax	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
svobodnojagodnik koljučij	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
tabellae acanthopanacis senticosi	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
taiga root	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
taigawurzel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
thorny ginseng	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
thorny russian pepperbush	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
touch-me-not	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
tsu wu cha	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
ussurian thorny pepperbush	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
wild pepper	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
wu cha seng	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
wu jia pi	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
wucha sang	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
éleutherocoque	Other	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
éleuthéracoque	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
čertov kust	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
シゴカ	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
刺五加	Other	Geographical Indications for Med. Pl. (Brinckmann, 2015) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
백두산	Other	Geographical Indications for Med. Pl. (Brinckmann, 2015)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
rhizome, root, stem	dried root and rhizome or stem	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
underground parts		British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
root		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
radix		EMA Com. Monog.: Eleuthrococcus senticosus, rad. (2006)
root and rhizome		Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Rizoma	Rizoma desecado	Annexo III: Veg. Drugs in Registry of Meds, Argentina (2009)
rhizome, root	dried rhizome with roots	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
Root		Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Radix & Rhizome		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Bark		Homegarden Med. Ethnobot. of Naxi in NW Yunnan (Yang et al., 2014)
Root with Rhizome, Root, Rhizome		WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
root		Geographical Indications for Med. Pl. (Brinckmann, 2015)
rhizome, roots		U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020)
rhizome		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
root & rhizome		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
root	dried root	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
root, rhizome		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
rhizome, root, stem	dried root and rhizome or stem	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
root	dried, whole or cut underground organs	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
rhizome, root	dried root and rhizome	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008)
underground parts	dried, whole or cut underground organs	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
rhizome	rhizome	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006)
Root		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
rhizome		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
underground parts	Dried, whole or cut underground organs	European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
rhizome, root	dried rhizome with roots	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013)
root and rhizome		Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)
órganos subterráneos secos, enteros o cortados		Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 11 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Acanthopanax senticosus (Rupr. & Maxim.) Harms in H.G.A.Engler & K.A.E.Prantl, Nat. Pflanzenfam. 3(8): 50 (1897).
Acanthopanax asperatus Franch. & Sav. Enum. Pl. Jap. 2: 378 (1878).
Acanthopanax senticosus var. brevistamineus S.F.Gu Bull. Bot. Res., Harbin 13(2): 118 (1993).
Acanthopanax senticosus f. inermis (Kom.) Harms Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 27: 8 (1918).
Acanthopanax senticosus f. subinermis (Regel) Harms Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 27: 8 (1918).
Acanthopanax senticosus var. subinermis (Regel) Kitag. Neolin. Fl. Manshur.: 471 (1979).
Eleutherococcus asperatus (Franch. & Sav.) Koidz. Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 8: 52 (1939).
Eleutherococcus koreanus Nakai Fl. Sylv. Kor. 16: 32 (1927).
Eleutherococcus senticosus f. inermis Kom. Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 25: 121 (1905).
Eleutherococcus senticosus f. subinermis Regel Mém. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint Pétersbourg, Sér. 7, 4(4): 73 (1861).
Hedera senticosa Rupr. & Maxim. Bull. Cl. Phys.-Math. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg 15: 134 (1856).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Acanthopanax senticosus	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Acanthopanax senticosus (Rupr. & Maxim.) Harms	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
Acanthopanax senticosus (Rupr. Et Maxi-m.) Harms	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Acanthopanax senticosus (Rupr. Et Maxim.) Harms	Homegarden Med. Ethnobot. of Naxi in NW Yunnan (Yang et al., 2014)
Acanthopanax senticosus (Rupr. et Maxim.) Harms	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Acanthopanax senticosus (Rupr. ex Maxim.) Harms	TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011)
Acanthopanax senticosus Harms	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Acanthoponax senticosus (Rupr. & Maxim.) Harms	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Eleutherococcus senticosus	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Eleutherococcus senticosus (Rupr et Maxim) Maxim	Annexo III: Veg. Drugs in Registry of Meds, Argentina (2009)
Eleutherococcus senticosus (Rupr. & Maxim.) Maxim	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Value Chains of Herbal Med. (Booker et al., 2012)
Eleutherococcus senticosus (Rupr. & Maxim.) Maxim.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Geographical Indications for Med. Pl. (Brinckmann, 2015) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Eleutherococcus senticosus (Rupr. and Maxim.) Maxim.	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
Eleutherococcus senticosus (Rupr. et Maxim.) Maxim.	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
Eleutherococcus senticosus (Rupr. ex Maxim.) Maxim.	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)
Eleutherococcus senticosus (Rupr.&Maxim.) Maxim	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Eleutherococcus senticosus (Ruprecht et Maximowicz) Maximowicz	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006)
Eleutherococcus senticosus (Ruprecht ex Maxim.) Maxim.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Eleutherococcus senticosus Maximowicz	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
Eleutherococcus-senticosus Ruprecht et Maximovich	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
Eleutherococus senticosus (Rupr. et Maxim.)	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008)
Eleutherococus senticosus Maxim.	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Eleuthrococcus senticosus (Rupr. et Maxim.) Maxim.	EMA Com. Monog.: Eleuthrococcus senticosus, rad. (2006)

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