Plant Details

Accepted name:: Menispermum canadense L. [Menispermaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
amerikansk månfröranka	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
canada moonseed	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
canadian moonseed	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
common moonseed	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
menispermum canadense	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
moonseed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
texas sarsaparilla	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
yellow parilla	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 7 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cissampelos smilacina L. Sp. Pl.: 1032 (1753).
Menispermum angulatum Moench Methodus: 277 (1794).
Menispermum canadense var. lobatum Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 2: 371 (1813).
Menispermum dauricum var. mexicanum (Rose) Kundu & S.Guha Adansonia, n.s., 20: 225 (1980).
Menispermum mexicanum Rose Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 13: 302 (1911).
Menispermum smilacinum DC. Syst. Nat. 1: 541 (1817).
Otamplis vitifolia Raf. New Fl. 4: 8 (1838).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Menispermum canadense	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Menispermum canadense L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

Menispermum canadense

SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)

Menispermum canadense L.

GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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