botanical record · discovered
Meadowsweet
Filipendula ulmaria
Meadowsweet · Queen Of The Meadow · Airgead luachra · Alggräs · Almindelig mjødurt · Bagnowa smalanka · Bahnowa smjetanka · Barf y Bwch · Brenhines y Ddôl · Brenhines y Meysydd · Brenhines y Waun · Brenhines y Weirglodd · Brestovolistni oslad · Bugeiles y Weirglodd · Chwys Arthur · Crețușcă · Echtes Maedesuess
At a glance
Origin / distribution: Turkey, UK, Spain
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Astringent, Cancer, Depurative, Diuretic
Science studied: AVICULARIN, COUMARIN, GAULTHERIN, HELIOTROPINE
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Rosaceae
Scientific name: Filipendula ulmaria
Common names: Meadowsweet, Queen Of The Meadow, Airgead luachra, Alggräs, Almindelig mjødurt, Bagnowa smalanka, Bahnowa smjetanka, Barf y Bwch, Brenhines y Ddôl, Brenhines y Meysydd, Brenhines y Waun, Brenhines y Weirglodd, Brestovolistni oslad, Bugeiles y Weirglodd, Chwys Arthur, Crețușcă, Echtes Maedesuess
POWO: 724943-1 · WCVP June 2026 / POWO backbone
History
The source record documents this plant in Elsewhere, Turkey, UK, Spain.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Astringent
- Cancer
- Depurative
- Diuretic
- Laxative
- Rheumatism
- Sedative
- Antacid
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- Fever
- Sudorific
- Nervine
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- Elsewhere
- Turkey
- UK
- Spain
Documented cultural uses
- Astringent
- Cancer
- Depurative
- Diuretic
- Laxative
- Rheumatism
- Sedative
- Antacid
- Fever
- Sudorific
- Nervine
Cultural record detail
These entries are transcribed from the cited ethnobotanical source; they do not represent current advice or a claim of efficacy.
- Astringent · Elsewhere · "
- Astringent · Turkey · "
- Cancer · UK · "
- Depurative · Elsewhere · "
- Diuretic · Turkey · "
- Laxative · Turkey · "
- Rheumatism · Turkey · "
- Sedative · Turkey · "
- Antacid · Turkey · "
- Fever · Turkey · "
- Sudorific · Turkey · "
- Diuretic · Spain · "
- Nervine · Turkey · "
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
- The genome sequence of Filipendula ulmaria (L. Maxim., 1879) (Rosales: Rosaceae) · 2026 source ↗
- Genome-Wide Identification and Expression Analysis of the Thaumatin-like Protein Genes in Filipendula ulmaria under Bipolaris sorokiniana Infection · 2026 source ↗
- Characterization and Biological Activity of Rutin Extracted from <i>Filipendula ulmaria</i> (L.) Maxim. · 2026 source ↗
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- AVICULARIN
- COUMARIN
- GAULTHERIN
- HELIOTROPINE
- 2-HYDROXYPHENYLMETHYL-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE
- METHOXY-BENZALDEHYDE
- PHENETHYL-PHENYLACETATE
- QUERCETIN
- RUTIN
- SPIRAEIN
- SPIRAEOSIDE
- VANILLIN
- ANTHOCYANIDIN
- ETHYL-SALICYLATE
- METHYL-SALICYLATE
- ISOSALICIN
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- CITRIC-ACID
- FILALBIN
- MONOTROPIN
- SALICYLIC-ACID
- 4-METHOXY-BENZALDEHYDE
- ASCORBIC-ACID
- BENZYL-ALCOHOL
- ISOAMYL-AMINE
- ISOBUTYL-AMINE
- 3'-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE-3,4',5,7-TETRAHYDROXY-FLAVONE
- HEPARIN
- HEPARIN-PROTEIN-COMPLEX
- HYPEROSIDE
- MONOTROPITIN
- PHENYLETHANOL
- PHYLLALBIN
- QUERCETIN-3-O-BETA-D-GLUCOSIDE
- SALICYLALDEHYDE
- SALICYLIC-ACID-METHYL-ESTER
- N-1-N-5-N-10-TRI-TRANS-4-COUMAROYL-SPERMIDINE
- SPIREINE
- TANNIN
- ANISEALDEHYDE
- ETHYL-BENZOATE
- FLAVONOIDS
- HEXAHYDRODIPHENIC-ACID-ESTERS
- KAEMPFEROL
- PHENYL-ETHYL-ALCOHOL
- QUERCETIN-DIPENTOSIDE
- RUGOSIN-D
- SALICIN
- CATECHOLS
- KAEMPFEROL-GLUCOSIDE
- MUCILAGE
- PHENYLACETATE
- TANNINS
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
show claim source mapping
- 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 ↗
CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
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