Plant Details

Accepted name:: Bryonia cretica subsp. dioica (Jacq.) Tutin [Cucurbitaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Bryonia cretica L.
Infraspecies:: 3

Bryonia cretica subsp. acuta (Desf.) Tutin

Bryonia cretica subsp. cretica

Bryonia cretica subsp. marmorata (E.Petit) Jauzein

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
alfesira	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
black-berried bryony	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
brionia	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
bryone dioïque	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
bryonia	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
bryoniae radix	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
cretan bryony	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
einip alhaia	Other	Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000)
fāsherestin	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
red bryony	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
röd hundrova	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
vite bianca	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
white bryony	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
white vine	Other	Wild Med. Pl. Jordan (Al-Qura'n, 2009)
wild hop	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
zaunrübenwurzel	Other	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)
zweihäusige zaunrübe	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
فاشرستين	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Whole plant		Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Seed		Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000)
root		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
fruit, leaf		Wild Med. Pl. Jordan (Al-Qura'n, 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 14 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Bryonia dioica Jacq. Fl. Austriac. 2: 59 (1775).
Bryonia sicula (Jan) Guss. Fl. Sicul. Syn. 2: 621 (1845).
Bryonia acuta var. sicula (Jan) Fiori & Paol. in A.Fiori & al., Fl. Anal. Italia 3: 159 (1903).
Bryonia digyna Pomel Nouv. Mat. Fl. Atl. 1: 155 (1874).
Bryonia dioica var. digyna (Pomel) Batt. in J.A.Battandier & L.C.Trabut, Fl. Algérie, Dicot.: 333 (1889).
Bryonia dioica var. elongata Ten. Syll. Pl. Fl. Neapol.: 478 (1831).
Bryonia dioica var. lavifrons Pau Bol. Real Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 21: 277 (1922).
Bryonia dioica var. lutea Ser. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 3: 307 (1828).
Bryonia dioica var. sicula Jan Cat. Pl. Phaen.: 17 (1818).
Bryonia lutea Bastard ex Ser. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 3: 307 (1828).
Bryonia nitida Link Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 2: 404 (1822).
Bryonia ruderalis Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 158 (1796), nom. illeg.
Bryonia scarlatina Dumort. Fl. Belg.: 54 (1827), nom. illeg.
Bryonia tineoi A.Huet ex Cogn. in A.L.P.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 3: 471 (1881).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Bryonia cretica L. subsp. dioica (Jacq.) Tutin	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
Bryonia cretica Linné subspec. Dioica (Jacquin) Tutin	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)
Bryonia cretica subsp. dioica (Jacq.) Tutin	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2022 (WHO-UMC, 2022)
Bryonia diocia	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Bryonia dioica	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Bryonia dioica (Jacquin) Tutin	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Bryonia dioica Jacq	Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000)
Bryonia dioica Jacq.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) Wild Med. Pl. Jordan (Al-Qura'n, 2009) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Bryonia sicula Gussone	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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