Fabaceae
Chinese licorice
Glycyrrhiza echinata
- Family
- Fabaceae
- Genus
- Glycyrrhiza
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Common names
By language (11)
- Arabic
- عرقسوس شوكي, عرقسوس كريه الرائحة
- Armenian
- Մատուտակ խոզանավոր
- arz
- عرقسوس شوكى
- Bulgarian
- Бодливоплоден сладник
- Chinese
- 刺甘草
- English
- Chinese licorice
- Kazakh
- Бас мия
- Persian
- شیرینبیان سرسان
- Romanian
- Iarbă dulce
- Russian
- Солодка щетинистая
- Ukrainian
- Солодкий корiнь колючий
Synonyms
- Glycyrrhiza dioschoridis Medik.
- Glycyrrhiza duvia Bernh. ex Steud.
- Glycyrrhiza echinata f. cylindrica Boza
- Glycyrrhiza echinata f. subsedens Boza
- Glycyrrhiza echinata var. frearitis Boiss.
- Glycyrrhiza echinata var. pedunculata Grossh.
- Glycyrrhiza echinata var. subinermis R.Uechtr. & Sint. ex Asch. & Graebn.
- Glycyrrhiza foetida J.Jacq.
- Glycyrrhiza foetidissima Tausch
- Glycyrrhiza frearitis (Boiss.) Orph. ex Beck
- Glycyrrhiza inermis Boros
- Glycyrrhiza macedonica Boiss. & Orph.
- Glycyrrhiza muricata Georgi
- Glycyrrhiza subechinata Boza
- Glycyrrhiza subinermis (R.Uechtr. & Sint. ex Asch. & Graebn.) Boros
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0); common names, US characteristics from USDA PLANTS Database (2025-05-29, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.