Taxon:  Bryonia alba L.



Summary
Genus:
Bryonia
Family:
Cucurbitaceae
Tribe:
Bryonieae
Nomen number:
401582
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 2:1072.  1753
Verified:
03/24/1995 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
8 (6  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Images (1 total. Click on image for more.)
Seed

Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. University of Georgia Center for Invasive Species and Ecosystem Health
  2. Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
  3. APHIS. Agricultural Risk Management System United States Department of Agriculture.
  4. Czerepanov, S. K. 1995. Vascular plants of Russia and adjacent states (the former USSR) Cambridge University Press.
  5. Davis, P. H., ed. 1965-1988. Flora of Turkey and the east Aegean islands.
  6. Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
  7. Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984-. Med-Checklist.
  8. Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
  9. Jeffrey, C. 1969. A review of the genus Bryonia L. (Cucurbitaceae). Kew Bull. 23:454-457.
  10. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
  11. Kunkel, G. 1984. Plants for human consumption
  12. McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
  13. Porcher, M. H. et al. Searchable World Wide Web Multilingual Multiscript Plant Name Database (MMPND) (on-line resource).
  14. Randall, R. P. 2002. A global compendium of weeds
  15. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
  16. Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora.
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
EnglishEuropean white bryony  1Randall, R. P. 2002. A global compendium of weeds
Englishwhite bryony  1Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Swedishhundrova  2Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNoteReference
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusArmenia  Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusAzerbaijan  Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
1NativeAsia-TemperateCaucasusGeorgia  Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaKazakhstan  Jeffrey, C. 1969. A review of the genus Bryonia L. (Cucurbitaceae). Kew Bull. 23:454-457.
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaKyrgyzstan  Jeffrey, C. 1969. A review of the genus Bryonia L. (Cucurbitaceae). Kew Bull. 23:454-457.
1NativeAsia-TemperateMiddle AsiaTurkmenistan  Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
1NativeAsia-TemperateWestern AsiaTurkey  Jeffrey, C. 1969. A review of the genus Bryonia L. (Cucurbitaceae). Kew Bull. 23:454-457.
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeMoldova  Jeffrey, C. 1969. A review of the genus Bryonia L. (Cucurbitaceae). Kew Bull. 23:454-457.
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationKursk Jeffrey, C. 1969. A review of the genus Bryonia L. (Cucurbitaceae). Kew Bull. 23:454-457.
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationPenza Jeffrey, C. 1969. A review of the genus Bryonia L. (Cucurbitaceae). Kew Bull. 23:454-457.
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationRostov Jeffrey, C. 1969. A review of the genus Bryonia L. (Cucurbitaceae). Kew Bull. 23:454-457.
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationRyazan Jeffrey, C. 1969. A review of the genus Bryonia L. (Cucurbitaceae). Kew Bull. 23:454-457.
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationSaratov Jeffrey, C. 1969. A review of the genus Bryonia L. (Cucurbitaceae). Kew Bull. 23:454-457.
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationTambov Jeffrey, C. 1969. A review of the genus Bryonia L. (Cucurbitaceae). Kew Bull. 23:454-457.
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationVladimir Jeffrey, C. 1969. A review of the genus Bryonia L. (Cucurbitaceae). Kew Bull. 23:454-457.
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeRussian FederationVoronezh Jeffrey, C. 1969. A review of the genus Bryonia L. (Cucurbitaceae). Kew Bull. 23:454-457.
1NativeEuropeEastern EuropeUkraine incl. KrymJeffrey, C. 1969. A review of the genus Bryonia L. (Cucurbitaceae). Kew Bull. 23:454-457.
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeAustria  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropeGermany  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeEuropeMiddle EuropePoland  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeAlbania  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBosnia and Herzegovina  Jeffrey, C. 1969. A review of the genus Bryonia L. (Cucurbitaceae). Kew Bull. 23:454-457.
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeBulgaria  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeCroatia  Jeffrey, C. 1969. A review of the genus Bryonia L. (Cucurbitaceae). Kew Bull. 23:454-457.
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeGreece  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeItaly  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeMontenegro  Jeffrey, C. 1969. A review of the genus Bryonia L. (Cucurbitaceae). Kew Bull. 23:454-457.
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeNorth Macedonia  Jeffrey, C. 1969. A review of the genus Bryonia L. (Cucurbitaceae). Kew Bull. 23:454-457.
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeRomania  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeSerbia  Jeffrey, C. 1969. A review of the genus Bryonia L. (Cucurbitaceae). Kew Bull. 23:454-457.
1NativeEuropeSoutheastern EuropeSlovenia  Jeffrey, C. 1969. A review of the genus Bryonia L. (Cucurbitaceae). Kew Bull. 23:454-457.
2Cultivated    also cult. 
4NaturalizedEuropeEastern EuropeBelarus  Jeffrey, C. 1969. A review of the genus Bryonia L. (Cucurbitaceae). Kew Bull. 23:454-457.
4NaturalizedEuropeEastern EuropeEstonia  Jeffrey, C. 1969. A review of the genus Bryonia L. (Cucurbitaceae). Kew Bull. 23:454-457.
4NaturalizedEuropeEastern EuropeLatvia  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
4NaturalizedEuropeEastern EuropeLithuania  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
4NaturalizedEuropeMiddle EuropeCzech Republic  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
4NaturalizedEuropeMiddle EuropeSlovakia  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
4NaturalizedEuropeNorthern EuropeDenmark  Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
4NaturalizedEuropeNorthern EuropeSweden  Jeffrey, C. 1969. A review of the genus Bryonia L. (Cucurbitaceae). Kew Bull. 23:454-457.
4NaturalizedEuropeSouthwestern EuropeFrance  Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984-. Med-Checklist.
Native
Asia-Temperate
  • WESTERN ASIA: Turkey
  • CAUCASUS: Armenia, Azerbaijan, Georgia
  • MIDDLE ASIA: Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Turkmenistan
Europe
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Austria, Germany, Poland
  • EASTERN EUROPE: Moldova, Russian Federation [Kursk, Penza, Rostov, Ryazan, Saratov, Tambov, Vladimir, Voronezh], Ukraine (incl. Krym)
  • SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE: Albania, Bulgaria, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Greece, Croatia, Italy, North Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Serbia, Slovenia
Cultivated (also cult.)
Naturalized
Europe
  • NORTHERN EUROPE: Denmark, Sweden
  • MIDDLE EUROPE: Czech Republic, Slovakia
  • EASTERN EUROPE: Belarus, Estonia, Lithuania, Latvia
  • SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: France

Reference(s)
  1. Greuter, W. et al., eds. 1984-. Med-Checklist.
  2. Jeffrey, C. 1969. A review of the genus Bryonia L. (Cucurbitaceae). Kew Bull. 23:454-457.
  3. Komarov, V. L. et al., eds. 1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
  4. Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. 1964-1980. Flora europaea.
Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamental Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening
Environmentalornamental Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986-2000. European garden flora.
Medicinesfolklore Duke, J. A. et al. 2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Medicinesfolklore McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Weed  Randall, R. P. 2002. A global compendium of weeds
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=401582. Accessed 15 April 2026.