Plant Details

Accepted name:: Galium odoratum (L.) Scop. [Rubiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
asperula odorata	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
aspérule odorante	Other	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
galii odorati herba	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)
kokulu ot	Other	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
myskmadra	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sweet woodruff	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) 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. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
sweet-scented bedstraw	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
waldmeister	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
waldmeisterkraut	Other	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)
wood root	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
wood ruff	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
woodruff	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
woodward herb	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
whole plant		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
vegetative parts		Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
herb		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 10 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Asperula odorata L. Sp. Pl.: 103 (1753).
Asperula eugeniae K.Richt. Abh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 38: 219 (1888).
Asperula matrisylva Gilib. Exerc. Bot.: 5 (1782), opus utique oppr.
Asperula odora Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 57 (1796), nom. superfl.
Asperula odorata var. trifida Sennen Exsicc. (Pl. Espagne) 1928: n.° 6580 (1929).
Asterophyllum asperula K.F.Schimp. & Spenn. in F.C.L.Spenner, Fl. Friburg. 3: 1077 (1829).
Asterophyllum sylvaticum K.F.Schimp. & Spenn. in F.C.L.Spenner, Fl. Friburg. 3: 1077 (1829).
Chlorostemma odoratum (L.) Fourr. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon, n.s., 16: 398 (1868).
Galium matrisylva F.H.Wigg. Prim. Fl. Holsat.: 13 (1780), nom. superfl.
Galium odoratum var. eugeniae (K.Richt.) Ehrend. in E.Janchen, Fl. Wien, Niederöst. & Nordburg., ed. 2: 470 (1977), no basionym ref.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Asperula odorata	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Asperula odorata L.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
Galium odoratum	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Galium odoratum (L.) Scop	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
Galium odoratum (L.) Scop.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) 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) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Galium odoratum (Linné) Scopoli	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)

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