Plant Details

Accepted name:: Galium verum L. [Rubiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 6

Galium verum subsp. asiaticum (Nakai) T.Yamaz.

Galium verum subsp. glabrescens Ehrend.

Galium verum var. hallaensis K.S.Jeong & K.Choi

Galium verum subsp. meridionale F.M.Vázquez & Crystal

Galium verum subsp. verum

Galium verum subsp. wirtgenii (F.W.Schultz) Oborny

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bakhlat laben	Other	Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000)
caglio giallo	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
caille-lait	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
cheese rennet	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
echt labkraut	Other	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
echtes labkraut	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
gaillet jaune	Other	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
gaillet vrai	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
gulmåra	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
gálio-amarelo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
gálio-verdadeiro	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kadirnki galium	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
lady's bedstraw	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
ladys bedstraw	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ladys bob	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lady’s bedstraw	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
maids-hair	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
our lady's bedstraw	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
our-ladys-bedstraw	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
podmarennik nastoyashchiy	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
qālioun	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
tilkisoomai	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
yellow bedstraw	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
yellow spring bedstraw	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
غاليون	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
蓬子菜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
whole flowering plant		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Whole plant		Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Aerial part		Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000)
root		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
herb		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
aboveground parts, rhizomes		Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 5 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Asterophyllum galium K.F.Schimp. & Spenn. in F.C.L.Spenner, Fl. Friburg. 3: 1077 (1829).
Galium floridum Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 58 (1796), nom. superfl.
Galium verum subsp. euverum Hyl. Uppsala Univ. Årsskr. 7: 304 (1945), not validly publ.
Galium verum var. typicum Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 8: 12 (1903), not validly publ.
Rubia vera (L.) Baill. Hist. Pl. 7: 372 (1880).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Galium verum	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Galium verum L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013) Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) 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. 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) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Galium verum Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Galiumverum L.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Gallium verum	Med. Pl. in Russia & C Asia (Mamedov et al., 2005)

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