Plant Details

Accepted name:: Euphorbia pekinensis Rupr. [Euphorbiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 2

Euphorbia pekinensis subsp. asoensis Kuros. & H.Ohashi

Euphorbia pekinensis subsp. pekinensis

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
da ji	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
euphorbiae pekinensis radix	Pharmaceutical	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
jingdaji	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
jīngdàjǐ	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
peking euphorbia root	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
peking spurge	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
radix euphorbiae pekinensis	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
京大戟	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
大戟	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root	dried root	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
Roots		Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
root	dried root	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
root		Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Galarhoeus pekinensis (Rupr.) H.Hara J. Jap. Bot. 11: 386 (1935).
Tithymalus pekinensis (Rupr.) H.Hara Enum. Spermatophytarum Japon. 3: 55 (1954).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Euphorbia pekinensis	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Euphorbia pekinensis Rupe.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Euphorbia pekinensis Rupr.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) 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) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Euphorbia pekinensis Ruprecht	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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