medicinal plant

plants or derivatives used to treat medical conditions in humans or animals
Class type of: herb, useful plant, plant Q188840
medicinal plant
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Summary

medicinal plant is a plant life-form[1]. It is a type of herb[2], useful plant[3], and plant[4].

Key Facts

  • Has use: traditional medicine[5], Ayurveda[6], herbalism[7]
  • Said to be the same as: French medicinal plants[8]
  • Described by source: Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary[9], Encyclopedia of Armenian Nature[10], Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890)[11], Great Soviet Encyclopedia (1926–1947)[12], De materia medica[13]
  • Has part(s) of the class: medication[14]
  • P14541: ASjgB[15]

Body

Influence

Things named for medicinal plant include Medicago sativa[16], a taxon[17].

Why It Matters

Entities named for medicinal plant include Medicago sativa[16], a taxon[17].

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Inverse relationships (entities pointing at this one)

  1. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org. → on this site

Inline context (facts about related entities)

  1. [17] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org. → on this site

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 4w ago · Ottawajin · 2026-10-03 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Subclass of → herb, useful plant, plant
    Sitelink count → 79
    Wikipedia languages → ['ar', 'as', 'ast', 'ay', 'az', 'ba', 'ban', 'bat_smg', 'be', 'bg', 'bn', 'bs',
    Claims rich → —
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Subclass of: plant, import w/ [[Wikidata:Wwwyzzerdd|🧙 Wwwyzzerdd for Wikidata]]"
  2. 7w ago · Ottawajin · 2026-09-09 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary, Encyclopedia of Armenian Nature, Meyers Konversations-Lexikon, 4th edition (1885–1890) +2
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Described by source: De materia medica, import w/ [[Wikidata:Wwwyzzerdd|🧙 Wwwyzzerdd for Wikidata]]"
  3. 13w ago · Susmuffin · 2026-07-31 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Harper's tag → medicinal-plants
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ Harper's tag: medicinal-plants, Matched to [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/entry/289948267|medicinal plants (#289948267)]] in [[:toollabs:mix-n-match/#/catalog/7915|Harpe"
  4. 14w ago · Pierrotrgr · 2026-07-24 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Biblissima authority id → Peter Hagendorf
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Biblissima authority id: Q321852, Import ID Biblissima V3 ([[:toollabs:editgroups/b/OR/a6710164cdc|details]])"
  5. 16w ago · Nyuhn · 2026-07-10 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → —
    Subclass of → herb, useful plant, plant
    Has part(s) of the class → medication
    P14541 → ASjgB
    "/* wbeditentity-update:0| */ QuickStatements 3.0 [[:toollabs:qs-dev/batch/40849|batch #40849]]: ZGBK ID"
  6. 19w ago · AHIOH · 2026-06-17 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Instance of → plant life-form
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ Instance of: plant life-form"
  7. 20w ago · Jindřich Rubeš · 2026-06-11 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Svkkl authority id → h0002333-lecive-rostliny
    "/* wbcreateclaim-create:1| */ Svkkl authority id: h0002333-lecive-rostliny, [[:toollabs:quickstatements/#/batch/259494|batch #259494]]"
  8. 24w ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-05-12 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Part of → —
    Topic's main category → Category:Medicinal plants
    Part of → —
    Subclass of → —
    + 7 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||min, ro */ import labels from sitelinks; cleanup"
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