Plant Details

Accepted name:: Actinidia polygama (Siebold & Zucc.) Planch. ex Maxim. [Actinidiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
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Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
actinidiae fructus	Pharmaceutical	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)
cat powder	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cat-powder	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
klätteraktinidia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mata-tabi	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
silberrebe	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
silver vine	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
silvervine	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
木天蓼	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
木天蓼子	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
木天蓼根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
葛枣	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
branch, leaf, or wormy fruit		Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 6 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Actinidia inflammans Nakai Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus. Tokyo 33: 17 (1953).
Actinidia lecomtei Nakai Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 47: 253 (1933).
Actinidia polygama var. lecomtei (Nakai) H.L.Li J. Arnold Arbor. 33: 22 (1952).
Actinidia volubilis (Siebold & Zucc.) Planch. ex Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 3: 15 (1867).
Trochostigma polygamum Siebold & Zucc. Abh. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. 3(2): 728 (1843).
Trochostigma volubile Siebold & Zucc. Abh. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. 3(2): 728 (1843).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Actinidia polygama (Sieb. & Zucc.) Miq.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Actinidia polygama (Sieb. Et Zucc.) Mip.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Actinidia polygama (Sieb. et Zucc.) Miq.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Actinidia polygama (Siebold & Zucc.) Maxim.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Actinidia polygama (Siebold & Zucc.) Planch. Ex Maxim.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Actinidia polygama Maximowicz	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Actinidia polygama Miquel	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)

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