Plant Details

Accepted name:: Nandina domestica Thunb. [Berberidaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
avenca-japonêsa	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bambu-celeste	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bambu-do-céu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
chinese-bamboo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
heavenly bamboo	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
heavenly-bamboo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
nandina	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
nanten	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
nantianzhu	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
sacred bamboo	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
sacred-bamboo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
southern heaven-bamboo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
南天竹	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
南天竹叶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
南天竹子	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
南天竹根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
南天竹梗	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
天竺子	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Root, Stem, Fruit		Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)

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

Nandina denudata Lavallée Énum. Arbres: 16 (1877).
Nandina domestica alba W.B.Clarke Cat. 6: 6 (1893).
Nandina domestica f. alba (W.B.Clarke) Rehder Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 167 (1949).
Nandina domestica f. gigantea Beecher Fl. & Sylva 3: 317 (1905).
Nandina domestica var. linearifolia C.Y.Wu ex S.Y.Bao Acta Phytotax. Sin. 25: 154 (1987).
Nandina domestica var. longifolia Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 3: 104 (1893).
Nandina domestica f. longifolia (Dippel) Rehder Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 167 (1949).
Nandina domestica f. purpurea Beecher Fl. & Sylva 3: 317 (1905).
Nandina tomentosa Wehmer Pfl.-Stoffe: 207 (1911), nom. nud.
Nandina tsermonanten Hassk. Cat. Hort. Bot. Bogor. Alt.: 180 (1844).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Nandina domestica Thunb.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) 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)
Nandina domestica Thunberg	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

Nandina domestica Thunb.

Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
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)

Nandina domestica Thunberg

Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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