Botanical identity
This taxon is documented in the World Checklist of Useful Plant Species with a reported medicinal use. The record establishes a use report and botanical index entry, not clinical effectiveness or individual safety.
KingdomPlantae
Phylum / divisionTracheophyta
ClassMagnoliopsida
OrderCaryophyllales
FamilyAmaranthaceae
GenusChenopodium
Scientific name with authorshipChenopodium album L.
Indexed scientific synonyms
? lanceolatum Muhl.Anserina candicans Friche-Joset & Montandon, 1856Anserina candidans (Lam.) MontandonAtriplex alba (L.) CrantzAtriplex viridis (L.) CrantzBlitum viride (L.) MoenchBotrys alba var. pauper LunellBotrys albus (L.) Nieuwl.Botrys albus var. pauper LunellBotrys ferulatus (Lunell) LunellBotrys pagana (Rchb.) LunellChenopodium acutifolium Phil.Chenopodium agreste E.H.L.KrauseChenopodium agreste subsp. viride (L.) E.H.L.KrauseChenopodium album f. corymbosopaniculatum Wimm. & Grab.Chenopodium album f. cymigerum (W.D.J.Koch) AellenChenopodium album f. cymigerum (W.D.J.Koch) Arlt & Jütters.Chenopodium album f. cymigerum (W.D.J.Koch) Braun-Blanq.Chenopodium album f. diminutum Zapal.Chenopodium album f. dubium Arlt & JüttersonkeChenopodium album f. glomerulosum (Rchb.) AellenChenopodium album f. glomerulosum (Rchb.) K.Arlt & B.JüttersonkeChenopodium album f. grandifolium Zapal.Chenopodium album f. hastiforme Zapal.Chenopodium album f. heterophyllum Wang-Wei & P.Y.FuChenopodium album f. integrifolium Wimm. & Grab.Chenopodium album f. interruptum Zapal.Chenopodium album f. lanceolatum (Muhl. ex Willd.) Braun-Blanq.Chenopodium album f. lanceolatum (Muhl. ex Willd.) Schinz & Thell.Chenopodium album f. lanceolatum (Muhl.) AellenChenopodium album f. leiospermum KuntzeChenopodium album f. murorum Wimm. & Grab.Chenopodium album f. oblongifolium Wimm. & Grab.Chenopodium album f. obtusa (Murr) Braun-Blanq.Chenopodium album f. ovalifolium AellenChenopodium album f. ovalifolium Wimm. & Grab.Chenopodium album f. paucidentatum AellenChenopodium album f. pseudofilicifolium RegelChenopodium album f. pseudozschackei AellenChenopodium album f. spicatum (W.D.J.Koch) AellenChenopodium album f. spicatum Braun-Blanq. & RübelChenopodium album f. spicatum Wimm. & Grab.Chenopodium album f. stenophyllum Zapal.Chenopodium album f. subhastatum Wimm. & Grab.Chenopodium album f. virgulatum Zapal.Chenopodium album f. viride (L.) AellenChenopodium album f. viride (L.) Sagorski & Gus.SchneiderChenopodium album f. viridescens (St.-Amans) Braun-Blanq.Chenopodium album f. viridescens RegelChenopodium album subsp. albumChenopodium album subsp. ceretanum Sennen Exsicc.Chenopodium album subsp. collinsae MurrChenopodium album subsp. collinsii MurrChenopodium album subsp. concatenatum (Thuill.) Asch. & Graebn.Chenopodium album subsp. concatenatum (Thuill.) Schübl. & G.MartensChenopodium album subsp. dacoticum AellenChenopodium album subsp. densifoliatum Ludw. & AellenChenopodium album subsp. densifolium Ludwig & AellenChenopodium album subsp. lanceolatum (Muhl. ex Willd.) HegiChenopodium album subsp. lobatum ProdanChenopodium album subsp. obtusatum (Gaudin) Schübl. & G.MartensChenopodium album subsp. ovatum AellenChenopodium album subsp. pedunculare (Bertol.) Arcang.Chenopodium album subsp. pedunculare (Bertol.) MurrChenopodium album subsp. reticulatum (Aellen) BeaugeChenopodium album subsp. reticulatum (Aellen) Beauge ex Greuter & BurdetChenopodium album subsp. reticulatum (Aellen) UotilaChenopodium album subsp. spicatum (W.D.J.Koch) Nyár., 1942Chenopodium album subsp. striatum KrasanChenopodium album subsp. strictum (Krasan) MurrChenopodium album subsp. subficifolium MurrayChenopodium album subsp. substriatum MurrChenopodium album subsp. virgatum (Thunb.) BlomChenopodium album subsp. viride (L.) Arcang.Chenopodium album subsp. viride (L.) Murr, 1901Chenopodium album subsp. viride (L.) Schübl. & G.MartensChenopodium album subsp. viridescens (St.-Amans) MurrChenopodium album var. alboviride M.LoehrChenopodium album var. bicolor Moq.Chenopodium album var. candicans (Lam.) SymeChenopodium album var. candicans Moq.Chenopodium album var. commune Gren.Chenopodium album var. commune Moq.Chenopodium album var. concatenatum (Thuill.) GaudinChenopodium album var. concatenatum (Thuill.) MératChenopodium album var. coronatum BeaugeChenopodium album var. corymbosopaniculatum Wimm. & Grab.Chenopodium album var. cymigerum W.D.J.KochChenopodium album var. dacoticum AellenChenopodium album var. desertorum KuntzeChenopodium album var. glomerulosum (Rchb.) Peterm.Chenopodium album var. grandiceps MurrChenopodium album var. hastatum MurrChenopodium album var. heterophyllum FenzlChenopodium album var. incanum Moq.Chenopodium album var. incrassatum GrayChenopodium album var. integerrimum GrayChenopodium album var. integrifolium FenzlChenopodium album var. integrifolium St.-Lag.Chenopodium album var. integrifolium Wimm. & Grab.
Documented use categories
Medicine
Human food
Animal food
Environmental use
Gene source
Material
Poison reported
These categories describe the kinds of human-use reports attached to the taxon in the source checklist. Multiple categories can coexist; a plant may be recorded as both food and poison, depending on part, preparation and context.
How to interpret this record
Evidence boundary
A taxonomic use record is a discovery and indexing signal. Clinical evidence must be assessed separately for the exact species, plant part, preparation, route, dose and health question.
Safety boundary
Correct identification is essential. Toxicity, contraindications, interactions and safe preparation cannot be inferred from a documented-use record.
Dataset record and provenance
DatasetWCUPS 2020
LicenceCC BY 4.0
Name sourceIPNI
IPNI / external identifier55993-2
Use codesAF EU GS HF MA ME PO
Crop wild relativeNo
Contributing checklist sources
Kew Economic Botany CollectionUSDA GRINMedicinal Plant Names Services v8.2Plant Resources of South-East AsiaPlant Resources for Tropical Africa
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Educational index, not a treatment recommendation
The presence of a taxon in this database does not provide a diagnosis, dose, formulation or assurance of safety. Some indexed plants are toxic, regulated, endangered or unsafe in specific life stages.