Polygala tenuifolia Willd. GRIN-Global

Taxon: Polygala tenuifolia Willd.

Summary

Genus:

Polygala

Family:

Polygalaceae

Nomen number:

402669

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 3(2):879. 1802

Comment:

non Polygala tenuifolia Poir. (1804), nec Link (1822)

Verified:

09/06/1995 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

No images

Reference(s)

Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009
American Herbal Products Association. Herbs of commerce. 1992
Bensky, D., A. Gamble, & T. J. Kaptchuk. Chinese herbal medicine: Materia medica, rev. ed. 1993
Bisset, N. G., ed. Herbal drugs and phytopharmaceuticals. A handbook for practice on a scientific basis. 1994
Chinese Academy of Sciences. Flora reipublicae popularis sinicae. 1959-
Duke, J. A. et al. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs. 2002
Hanelt, P., ed. Mansfeld's encyclopedia of agricultural and horticultural crops. Volumes 1-6. 2001
Jiangsu Institute of Botany. Flora of Jiangsu. 1982
Keys, J. D. Chinese herbs: their botany, chemistry, and pharmacodynamics. 1976
Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. Flora SSSR. 1934-1964
Krasnoborov, I. M., ed. Flora of Siberia (English translation). 2000-
Lee, Y. N. Flora of Korea. 1997
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000
Mun-Chan, B. et al. 1986. A checklist of the Korean cultivated plants. Kulturpflanze 34:118.
Wiersema, J. H. & B. León. World economic plants: a standard reference (on-line edition) [medicinal plants only].
Yen, Kun-Ying. Illustrated Chinese materia medica: crude drugs. 1980

Common names

English
Chinese senega-root –
Swedish
kinesisk senegarot –
Transcribed Chinese
yuan zhi –
Transcribed Korean
wonji –
Transliterated Russian
istod tonkolistnyj –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Gansu
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Hebei
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Heilongjiang
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Henan
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Jiangxi
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Liaoning
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Nei Mongol
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Ningxia
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Qinghai
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Shaanxi
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Shanxi
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	China	China	Sichuan
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Eastern Asia	Korea
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Mongolia	Mongolia
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Russian Far East	Russian Federation	Amur
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Russian Far East	Russian Federation	Primorye
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Buryatia
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Chita
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Gorno-Altay
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Irkutsk
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Krasnoyarsk
1	Native	Asia-Temperate	Siberia	Russian Federation	Tuva

Native
Asia-Temperate

CHINA: China [Heilongjiang, Henan, Hebei, Gansu, Jiangxi, Liaoning, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Sichuan, Qinghai, Nei Mongol, Ningxia]
EASTERN ASIA: Korea
MONGOLIA: Mongolia
RUSSIAN FAR EAST: Russian Federation [Amur, Primorye]
SIBERIA: Russian Federation [Buryatia, Chita, Gorno-Altay, Irkutsk, Krasnoyarsk, Tuva]

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Medicines	folklore		McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2. 2000

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=402669. Accessed 14 December 2025.