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SOURCE-BASED TRADE DATA

CITES medicinal-plant trade register

This register is filtered from reported CITES trade data. Each row is an explicitly named species; genus-only, family-level and hybrid records are excluded.

45species-level taxa with records
9already in the herb library
36still need curated profiles

Method and interpretation

Filter: 2016–2025 · purpose T (Commercial) · term MED (medicine) · all countries and sources. The export is a comparative tabulation, not a shipment count or summed trade volume.

Limitations: CITES records listed taxa and trade reported by Parties; absence here does not mean a species is not traded internationally. A commercial record does not prove therapeutic efficacy, legality of every transaction, or safety of use.

Primary sources: CITES Trade Database · Database guide · PC28 agenda, item 25 · Kew

CITES database version 2026.1; accessed 26 October 2026. Plant comparative rows in source export: 1415.

VERIFIED SPECIES RECORDS

Species with reported trade

Scientific name / familyReported CITES AppendixYears with recordsComparative rowsThảo Mộc Ký profile
Adonis vernalisRanunculaceaeII2019, 2021, 2023, 20247Profile not curated yet
Aloe arborescensLiliaceaeII2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 202431Profile not curated yet
Aloe feroxLiliaceaeII2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024108Profile available
Aloe marlothiiLiliaceaeII20191Profile not curated yet
Aquilaria malaccensisThymelaeaceaeII2016, 2017, 2019, 2021, 202210Profile available
Bletilla striataOrchidaceaeII2016, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 202418Profile available
Cibotium barometzDicksoniaceaeII2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 202412Profile not curated yet
Cistanche deserticolaOrobanchaceaeII2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 202459Profile available
Cremastra appendiculataOrchidaceaeII20221Profile not curated yet
Cyclamen colchicumPrimulaceaeII2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 202433Profile not curated yet
Cyclamen europaeumPrimulaceaeII2016, 2017, 20189Profile not curated yet
Cyclamen purpurascensPrimulaceaeII2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024, 2025176Profile not curated yet
Cyrtopodium paniculatumOrchidaceaeII2019, 20205Profile not curated yet
Dactylorhiza sambucinaOrchidaceaeII20241Profile not curated yet
Dalbergia odoriferaLeguminosaeII20231Profile not curated yet
Dendrobium chrysotoxumOrchidaceaeII20161Profile not curated yet
Dendrobium denneanumOrchidaceaeII2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 20248Profile not curated yet
Dendrobium fimbriatumOrchidaceaeII2018, 2019, 2020, 2022, 2023, 202412Profile not curated yet
Dendrobium guamenseOrchidaceaeII20201Profile not curated yet
Dendrobium loddigesiiOrchidaceaeII2016, 2017, 2018, 20218Profile not curated yet
Dendrobium nobileOrchidaceaeII2016, 20222Profile not curated yet
Dendrobium officinaleOrchidaceaeII2016, 2017, 2018, 2020, 2023, 20249Profile not curated yet
Dionaea muscipulaDroseraceaeII2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 202463Profile not curated yet
Euphorbia antisyphiliticaEuphorbiaceaeII2017, 2019, 2021, 20247Profile not curated yet
Euphorbia resiniferaEuphorbiaceaeII20171Profile not curated yet
Galanthus nivalisAmaryllidaceaeII20171Profile not curated yet
Gastrodia elataOrchidaceaeII2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024151Profile available
Gnetum montanumGnetaceaeIII20241Profile not curated yet
Guaiacum sanctumZygophyllaceaeII2016, 2018, 2019, 2022, 2023, 20247Profile not curated yet
Hoodia gordoniiApocynaceaeII2016, 2017, 2018, 20216Profile not curated yet
Hydrastis canadensisRanunculaceaeII2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024151Profile available
Lophophora williamsiiCactaceaeII20161Profile not curated yet
Myrtillocactus geometrizansCactaceaeII20161Profile not curated yet
Opuntia ficus-indicaCactaceaeII2018, 20233Profile not curated yet
Orchis morioOrchidaceaeII2022, 20242Profile not curated yet
Panax ginsengAraliaceaeII2023, 20243Profile available
Panax quinquefoliusAraliaceaeII2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 202423Profile available
Podophyllum hexandrumBerberidaceaeII2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2023, 202414Profile not curated yet
Prunus africanaRosaceaeII2016, 2017, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 202422Profile not curated yet
Rauvolfia serpentinaApocynaceaeII2019, 2021, 20233Profile not curated yet
Rhodiola roseaCrassulaceaeII20241Profile not curated yet
Saussurea costusCompositaeI2016, 2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 2024336Profile available
Selenicereus grandiflorusCactaceaeII2018, 20192Profile not curated yet
Taxus chinensisTaxaceaeII2017, 2018, 2019, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023, 20249Profile not curated yet
Taxus wallichianaTaxaceaeII2016, 2023, 20249Profile not curated yet