botanical record · discovered
Gobo
Arctium lappa
Gobo · Great Burdock · Burdock · Almindelig Fuglegræs · Bardana maggiore · Bardane commune · Baw Mwci · Benved · Cacamwci · Cedor y Wrach · Cedowrach · Cedowrach Mwyaf · Ciog · Cribau'r Bleiddiau · Cyngaf · Cyngaf Mawr · Cyngaw Mwyaf · Ffrwyth Beiliaid · Glat burre
At a glance
Origin / distribution: China, US, Iraq, Chinese, Japan, Turkey, Kurdistan, Canada
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Abscess, Acne, Alexiteric, Alterative
Science studied: ACETIC-ACID, APLOTAXENE, ARCTIC-ACID, ARCTIGENIN-4-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Asteraceae
Scientific name: Arctium lappa
Common names: Gobo, Great Burdock, Burdock, Almindelig Fuglegræs, Bardana maggiore, Bardane commune, Baw Mwci, Benved, Cacamwci, Cedor y Wrach, Cedowrach, Cedowrach Mwyaf, Ciog, Cribau'r Bleiddiau, Cyngaf, Cyngaf Mawr, Cyngaw Mwyaf, Ffrwyth Beiliaid, Glat burre
POWO: 178385-1 · WCVP June 2026 / POWO backbone
History
The source record documents this plant in China, US, Iraq, Elsewhere, Chinese, Japan, Turkey, Kurdistan and 9 additional places.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Abscess
- Acne
- Alexiteric
- Alterative
- Antidote
- Antiphlogistic
- Aperient
- Apertif
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- Bactericide
- Burn
- Cancer
- Carminative
- Catarrh
- Cold
- Corn
- Cough
- Depurative
- Diaphoretic
- Diuretic
- Edema
- Estrogenic
- Eye
- Fever
- Flu
- Food
- Gout
- Hair-Tonic
- Hoarseness
- Hyperglycemia
- Impetigo
- Infection
- Insecticide
- Laxative
- Measles
- Parotitis
- Pertussis
- Piles
- Pneumonia
- Prurigo
- Psoriasis
- Refrigerant
- Rheumatism
- Scrofula
- Skin
- Smallpox
- Sore
- Sore(Throat)
- Sty
- Sudorific
- Swelling
- Syphilis
- Throat
- Tonsillitis
- Tumor
- Tumor(Glands)
- Tumor(Spleen)
- Gonorrhea
- Aphrodisiac
- Boil
- Fungicide
- Poultice
- Scarlet-Fever
- Stomachic
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- China
- US
- Iraq
- Elsewhere
- Chinese
- Japan
- Turkey
- Kurdistan
- Canada
- Ukraine
- Spain
- US(Appalachia)
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- Europe
- India
- Chile
- Belgium
- UK
Documented cultural uses
- Abscess
- Acne
- Alexiteric
- Alterative
- Antidote
- Antiphlogistic
- Aperient
- Apertif
- Bactericide
- Burn
- Cancer
- Carminative
show 51 more documented entries
- Catarrh
- Cold
- Corn
- Cough
- Depurative
- Diaphoretic
- Diuretic
- Edema
- Estrogenic
- Eye
- Fever
- Flu
- Food
- Gout
- Hair-Tonic
- Hoarseness
- Hyperglycemia
- Impetigo
- Infection
- Insecticide
- Laxative
- Measles
- Parotitis
- Pertussis
- Piles
- Pneumonia
- Prurigo
- Psoriasis
- Refrigerant
- Rheumatism
- Scrofula
- Skin
- Smallpox
- Sore
- Sore(Throat)
- Sty
- Sudorific
- Swelling
- Syphilis
- Throat
- Tonsillitis
- Tumor
- Tumor(Glands)
- Tumor(Spleen)
- Gonorrhea
- Aphrodisiac
- Boil
- Fungicide
- Poultice
- Scarlet-Fever
- Stomachic
Cultural record detail
These entries are transcribed from the cited ethnobotanical source; they do not represent current advice or a claim of efficacy.
- Abscess · China · "
- Acne · US · "
- Alexiteric · China · "
- Alterative · Iraq · "
- Alterative · Elsewhere · "
- Alterative · China · "
- Antidote · Iraq · "
- Antidote · Chinese · "
- Antidote · Japan · "
- Antiphlogistic · China · "
- Aperient · China · "
- Apertif · Turkey · "
- Bactericide · Elsewhere · "
- Burn · Kurdistan · "
- Cancer · Canada · "
- Cancer · US · "
- Carminative · Turkey · "
- Carminative · China · "
- Catarrh · US · "
- Cold · China · "
- Corn · Ukraine · "
- Cough · China · "
- Depurative · Iraq · "
- Depurative · Turkey · "
76 additional documented entries remain in the source record.
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific research
Indexed records indicate research activity; they do not establish efficacy or safety.
Indexed research records
- Ultrasonic-Assisted Deep Eutectic Solvent Extraction, Characterization, and Bioactivities of Arctium lappa L. Polysaccharides. · 2026 source ↗
- Characterization of the antibacterial and biofilm inhibitory activities of <i>Arctium lappa</i> L. (greater burdock) against representative members of the ESKAPE group. · 2026 source ↗
- Network pharmacology and molecular modelling analysis of <i>Arctium lappa</i> phytochemicals in valproic acid-induced hepatotoxicity and pancreatitis. · 2026 source ↗
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- ACETIC-ACID
- APLOTAXENE
- ARCTIC-ACID
- ARCTIGENIN-4-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE
- ARCTIIN
- ARCTINOL
- ARCTINONE-ACETATE
- ARGININE
- ASCORBIC-ACID
- BUTYRIC-ACID
- CHLOROGENIC-ACID
- COBALT
- COPPER
- COSTIC-ACID
- DEHYDROCOSTUS-LACTONE
- DEHYDRODIHYDROCOSTUS-LACTONE
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- EO
- EREMOPHILENE
- BETA-EUDESMOL
- FIBER
- FUKINANOLIDE
- FUKINONE
- GLYCINE
- HISTIDINE
- ISOCHLOROGENIC-ACID
- ISOLEUCINE
- KILOCALORIES
- LAPPANAESTHIN
- LAPPAPHEN-B
- LAPPAURIC-ACID
- LIGNIN
- MANGANESE
- MERCURY
- METHIONINE
- METHYL-ARCTATE-B
- MYRISTIC-ACID
- PALMITIC-ACID
- PHENYLALANINE
- PHOSPHORUS
- PHYTOSTEROLS
- POTASSIUM
- PROLINE
- PROPIONIC-ACID
- PROTEIN
- RIBOFLAVIN
- SELENIUM
- SERINE
- SILICON
- SITOSTEROL
- SODIUM
- TARAXASTEROL
- 3,5,7,9-TETRAYNE
- THREONINE
- TIGLIC-ACID
- TIN
- 1,11-TRIDECADIENE
- 1,11-TRIDECADIENE-3,5,7,9-TETRAYNE
- (4E,6Z,12E)-4,6,12-TETRADECADIEN-8,10,12-TRIYN-1,3-DIYL-DIAC
- (4E,6E)-4,6-TETRADECADIEN-8,10,12-TRIYN-1,3-DIYL-DIACETATE
- 1,3,11-TRIDECATRIENE-5,7,9-TRIYNE
- 5,7,9-TRIYNE
- TRYPTOPHAN
- WATER
- ZINC
- ALANINE
- ARCTINAL
- ARCTIOL
- ASPARTIC-ACID
- (4E,6Z)-4,6,TETRADECADIEN-8,10,12-TRIYN-1,3-DIYL-DIACETATE
- ARCTINONE
- ASH
- CALCIUM
- CHROMIUM
- CYSTINE
- GLUTAMIC-ACID
- ISOVALERIC-ACID
- LAPPAPHEN-A
- LEUCINE
- PETASITOLONE
- POLYACETYLENES
- 5'-(1-PROPYNYL)-2,2'-BITHIENYL-5-YL...
- SESQUILIGNANS
- STEARIC-ACID
- THIAMIN
- (4E,6E,12E)-4,6,12-TETRADECADIEN-8,10,12-TRIYN-1,3-DIYL-DIAC
- VALINE
- LAURIC-ACID
- CARBOHYDRATES
- DEHYDROFUKINONE
- LAPPAURIN
- LINOLEIC-ACID
- OLEIC-ACID
- PECTINESTERASE
- PEROXIDASE
- POLYGALACTURONASE
- POLYPHENOL-OXIDASE
- STEROLS
- STIGMASTEROL
- TARAXASTEROL-ACETATE
- ARCTIOPICRIN
- FAT
- PHENYL-ACETALDEHYDE
- ALPHA-AMYRIN
- ALPHA-AMYRIN-ACETATE
- BETA-AMYRIN
- BETA-AMYRIN-ACETATE
- DIHYDROAPLOTAXENE
- ARCTIC-ACID-B
- ARCTIC-ACID-B-METHYL-ESTER
- ARCTIC-ACID-C
- BIS-5',5'-ARCTIGENIN
- ARCTIGENIN-4-O-GLUCOSIDE
- ARCTIGNAN-A
- ARCTIGNAN-B
- ARCTIGNAN-C
- ARCTIGNAN-D
- ARCTIGNAN-E
- NEOARCTIN-B
- ARCTINOL-A
- ARCTINOL-B
- ARCTINONE-A
- ARCTINONE-A-ACETATE
- ARCTINONE-B
- ARCTIUM-ACIDIC-XYLAN
- ARCTIUM-LAPPA-ANTIMUTAGEN
- ARCTIUM-LAPPA-SESQUILIGNAN-AL-D
- ARCTIUM-LAPPA-SESQUILIGNAN-AL-F
- ARCTIUM-XYLOGLUCAN-HC-II-B
- ATROPINE
- BENEDICTINOLIDE
- BENZALDEHYDE
- 2-METHYL-BUTYRIC-ACID
- CLOVENE
- CNICINOLIDE
- CYPERENE
- DAUCOSTEROL
- DECAN-1-AL
- DESMUTAGENIC FACTOR
- BETA-ELEMENE
- FRUCTOSE
- 9(10)-DEHYDROFUKINONE
- GLUCOSE
- ALPHA-GUAIENE
- HEPTADEC-1-ENE
- HEPTADECA-1-CIS-8-CIS-15-TRIENE-11,13-DIYNE
- HEPTAN-1-AL
- HEX-2-EN-1-AL
- HEX-3-EN-1-AL
- HEX-3-EN-1-OIC-ACID
- INULIN
- LAPPAOLA
- ISOLAPPAOLA
- LAPPAOL-B
- LAPPAOL-C
- ISOLAPPAOL-C
- LAPPAOL-D
- LAPPAOL-E
- LAPPAOL-F
- LAPPAOL-H
- LUPEOL
- LUPEOL-ACETATE
- NEOARC-B
- OCT-2-EN-1-AL
- OCT-3-EN-1-OIC-ACID
- PENTADEC-1-ENE
- 2-METHYL-PROPIONIC-ACID
- 2-METHOXY-3-METHYLPYRAZINE
- BETA-SITOSTEROL
- TARAXASTEROL-PALMITATE
- PSEUDOTARAXASTEROL
- PSEUDOTARAXASTEROL-ACETATE
- TETRADECA-TRANS-4-CIS-6-DIENE-8,12-DIYNE-1,3-DIOL-DIACETATE
- TETRADECA-TRANS-4-CIS-6-TRANS-12-TRIENE-8,10-DIYNE-1,3-DIOL-DIACETATE
- TETRADECA-TRANS-4-TRANS-6-DIENE-8,10,12-TRIYNE-1,3-DIOL-DIACETATE
- TETRADECA-TRANS-4-TRANS-6-TRANS-12-TRIENE-8,10-DIYNE-1,3-DIOL-DIACETATE
- TRIDEC-1-ENE-3-5-7-9-11-PENTAYNE
- 1,2-EPOXY-TRIDEC-1-ENE-5,7,9,11-TETRAYNE
- 1,2-EPOXY-TRIDEC-TRANS-3-ENE-5,7,9-TRIYNE
- TRIDECA-1-11-DIENE-3-5-7-9-TETRAYNE
- TRIDECA-1-TRANS-11-DIENE-3,5,7,9-TETRAYNE
- TRIDECA-1-TRANS-3-TRANS-11-TRIENE-5,7,9-TRIYNE
- IRON
- LYSINE
- NIACIN
- LINOLENIC-ACID
- BETA-CAROTENE
- GAMMA-GUANIDINO-N-BUTYRIC-ACID
- CAFFEIC-ACID
- ALUMINUM
- MUCILAGE
- TYROSINE
- MAGNESIUM
- 2-ALKYL-3-METHOXYPYRAZINES
- 1-TRIDECENE-3,5,7,9,11-PENTAYNE
- 2-METHOXY-3-PYRAZINE
- 3-HEXENOIC-ACID
- 3-OCTENOIC-ACID
- FUKIONE
- GABA
- GERMACRANOLIDE
- PHYTOL
- POLYPHENOLS
- PSI-TARAXASTEROL
- ARCTIGENIN
- CARYOPHYLLENE
- MATAIRESINOL
- TRACHELOGENIN
- (-)-ARCTIGENIN
- FIBER(CRUDE)
- FIBER(DIETARY)
- STARCH
- SUGARS
- THIAMINE
Legality
No exact international trade listing was returned by the CITES checklist for this accepted name. Country-specific law is not assessed here.
Consult the CITES species checklist for current international and national requirements.
Reference images
Sources
Plants of the World Online (POWO) · Kew data terms; cite POWO/WCVP
World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) · CC BY 3.0
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- identity · DH-SRC-0030
- documented_uses · DH-SRC-0030
- compounds · DH-SRC-0030
- taxonomy · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- common_names · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- countries · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- wfo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0003 · source ↗
- cultural_records · DH-SRC-0030 · source ↗
- powo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0001 · source ↗
- wcvp_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0002 · source ↗
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