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Internal ID UUID644014c255ce5824900172
Scientific name Cyclamen coum
Authority Mill.
First published in Gard. Dict. ed. 8 : n.º 6 (1768)

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Common products:
Ornamental horticulture (pot plants, shade-garden perennials; flowering winter–early spring).

Industrial and craft applications:
No documented industrial uses; not recorded as a fiber, dye, gum, adhesive, or timber species.

Food and beverages (non-medicinal):
No established food uses; all plant parts contain saponins and are considered toxic if ingested.

Colorants and tanning:
No reported tannin or dye uses.

Wood and fiber:
No timber or fiber uses.

Fragrance and cosmetics:
No documented use in perfumery or cosmetics; flowers are not listed as a source of essential oil or fragrance raw materials in standard references.

Properties relevant to use:
Horticultural value derives from winter blooming, shade tolerance, and compact growth habit; otherwise, lack of documented physical/chemical properties supporting non-medicinal products.

Standards and regulation:
Where cultivated, subject to general plant health and marketing rules (e.g., EU Plant Health Regulation 2016/2031 and national horticultural product standards); no specific product standards apply to this species as a commodity.

Sustainability and sourcing:
Wild populations face habitat loss in parts of its range (e.g., Crimea/Caucasus); horticultural material is primarily propagated to reduce wild collection pressure; trade not listed under CITES.

Synonyms Top

Scientific name Authority First published in
Cyclamen apiculatum Jord. Icon. Fl. Eur. 3: 15 (1903)
Cyclamen brevifrons Jord. Icon. Fl. Eur. 3: 15 (1903)
Cyclamen coum f. albissimum R.H.Bailey Cyclamen Soc. J. 13: 27 (1989)
Cyclamen coum f. pallidum Grey-Wilson Cyclamen Guide Gard., Hort. & Botanists [ C. Grey-Wilson] 174. 1997
Cyclamen durostoricum Pantu & Solacolu Bull. Sect. Sci. Acad. Roumaine 9: 23 (1924)
Cyclamen hiemale Hildebr. Gartenflora 53: 70 (1904)
Cyclamen hyemale Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton : 118 (1796)
Cyclamen kusnetzovii Kotov & Czernova Fl. RSS Ukr. 8: 521 (1958)
Cyclamen orbiculatum Mill. Gard. Dict. ed. 8 : n.º 5 (1768)
Cyclamen vernale K.Koch Linnaea 17: 308 (1843)
Cyclaminus coa Asch. Ber. Deutsch. Bot. Ges. 10: 235 (1892)
Cyclaminus coum (Mill.) Bergmans Vaste Pl. Rotsheesters : 158 (1924)
Cyclamen europaeum subsp. orbiculatum (Mill.) O.Schwarz Gartenflora n.f., 1: 16 1938
Cyclamen vernum var. hiemale (Hildebr.) O.Schwarz Gartenflora n.f., 1: 20 1938
Cyclamen coum subsp. hiemale O.Schwarz
Cyclamen hiemale Hilebr.
Cyclamen hyemale Salib.

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Language Common/alternative name
English persian violet
English eastern sowbread
Arabic حلقي أسمر
Arabic بخور مريم أسمر
Azerbaijani qafqaz meşənovruzu
Bulgarian пролетно ботурче
Welsh bara`r-hwch y gaeaf
Danish tidlig alpeviol
German vorfrühlings-alpenveilchen
Estonian ümaralehine alpikann
Persian نگونسار برگ گرد جنگلی
Persian نگون سار برگ گرد جنگلی
Finnish balkaninsyklaami
Hebrew רקפת יוונית
Croatian zimska ciklama
Hungarian kislevelű ciklámen
Armenian Արջտակ կովկասյան
Japanese シクラメン・コウム
Malayalam സൈക്ലമെൻ കൗം
Dutch cyclaam van coum
Dutch rondbladige cyclaam
Russian Цикламен кавказский
Serbo-Croatian zimska ciklama
Ukrainian Цикламен Кузнецова
Chinese 小花仙客来
Chinese 健生仙客来
Chinese 近东仙客来

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Name Authority First published in
Cyclamen coum subsp. caucasicum (K.Koch) O.Schwarz Feddes Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 58: 250. 1955 (1955)
Cyclamen coum subsp. coum Unknown

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Sow seeds at 20°C, expecting germination within 3 months without further temperature treatment.
Requires Darkness: These seeds need to be covered with soil or otherwise kept in the dark to germinate properly. Light inhibits their germination process.
Requires Soaking: These seeds need to be soaked in warm water until they swell, which can take 24-48 hours. Seeds that float are usually not viable and should be discarded, along with the soaking water.
"add detergent to water when soaking, sow in equal parts of peat, loam and grit with extra richness at bottom of pot, space 2"" apart, allow absolutely no light during germination, provide steady supply of moisture, grow on in pot for 18 months"

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Legend for the distribution data:
- Doubtful data
- Extinct
- Introduced
- Native
  • Asia-temperate
    • Caucasus
      • North Caucasus
      • Transcaucasus
    • Western Asia
      • Lebanon-Syria
      • Palestine
      • Turkey
  • Europe
    • Eastern Europe
      • Krym
      • South European Russia
    • Middle Europe
      • Belgium
      • Germany
    • Southeastern Europe
      • Bulgaria
      • Romania
      • Turkey-in-Europe

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000631741
Tropicos 26400294
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:700707-1
The Plant List kew-2749722
Plantarium 12288
Open Tree Of Life 528173
Observations.org 116981
NCBI Taxonomy 87519
NBN Atlas NHMSYS0000457794
IPNI 700707-1
iNaturalist 55859
GBIF 7127354
Freebase /m/0c02pz7
EPPO CYZCO
EOL 5505396
USDA GRIN 12734
Wikipedia Cyclamen_coum

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Scientific Literature Top

Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Inhibitory effect of natural compounds on quorum sensing system in Pseudomonas aeruginosa: a helpful promise for managing biofilm community Shariati A, Noei M, Askarinia M, Khoshbayan A, Farahani A, Chegini Z Front Pharmacol 02-Apr-2024
PMCID:PMC11019022
doi:10.3389/fphar.2024.1350391
PMID:38628638
Insights into chloroplast genome structure, intraspecific variation, and phylogeny of Cyclamen species (Myrsinoideae) Mao L, Zou Q, Sun Z, Dong Q, Cao X Sci Rep 03-Jan-2023
PMCID:PMC9810647
doi:10.1038/s41598-022-27163-1
PMID:36596857
The resistance mechanisms of bacteria against ciprofloxacin and new approaches for enhancing the efficacy of this antibiotic Shariati A, Arshadi M, Khosrojerdi MA, Abedinzadeh M, Ganjalishahi M, Maleki A, Heidary M, Khoshnood S Front Public Health 21-Dec-2022
PMCID:PMC9815622
doi:10.3389/fpubh.2022.1025633
PMID:36620240
Correction: Loredo Varela, R.C.; Fail, J. Host Plant Association and Distribution of the Onion Thrips, Thrips tabaci Cryptic Species Complex. Insects 2022, 13, 298 Loredo Varela RC, Fail J Insects 07-May-2022
PMCID:PMC9143062
doi:10.3390/insects13050442
PMID:35621825
An ethnobotanical study of medicinal plants in Güce district, north-eastern Turkey Karaköse M Plant Divers 26-Apr-2022
PMCID:PMC9751085
doi:10.1016/j.pld.2022.03.005
PMID:36540712
Host Plant Association and Distribution of the Onion Thrips, Thrips tabaci Cryptic Species Complex Loredo Varela RC, Fail J Insects 17-Mar-2022
PMCID:PMC8952806
doi:10.3390/insects13030298
PMID:35323598
Protoplast Regeneration and Its Use in New Plant Breeding Technologies Reed KM, Bargmann BO Front Genome Ed 03-Sep-2021
PMCID:PMC8525371
doi:10.3389/fgeed.2021.734951
PMID:34713266
Potential and Prophylactic Use of Plants Containing Saponin-Type Compounds as Antibiofilm Agents against Respiratory Tract Infections Tatli Cankaya II, Somuncuoglu EI Evid Based Complement Alternat Med 23-Jul-2021
PMCID:PMC8328696
doi:10.1155/2021/6814215
PMID:34349828
A comprehensive dataset on cultivated and spontaneously growing vascular plants in urban gardens Frey D, Moretti M Data Brief 23-May-2019
PMCID:PMC6545399
doi:10.1016/j.dib.2019.103982
PMID:31194048
Medicinal Plants from Near East for Cancer Therapy Abu-Darwish MS, Efferth T Front Pharmacol 31-Jan-2018
PMCID:PMC5797783
doi:10.3389/fphar.2018.00056
PMID:29445343
Comparison of aglycon and glycosidic saponin extracts of Cyclamen coum tuber against Candida spp. Sajjadi S, Saboora A, Mohammadi P Curr Med Mycol 01-Jun-2016
PMCID:PMC5490304
doi:10.18869/acadpub.cmm.2.2.7
PMID:28681019
Avicenna's Canon of Medicine: a review of analgesics and anti-inflammatory substances Mahdizadeh S, Khaleghi Ghadiri M, Gorji A Avicenna J Phytomed 01-May-2015
PMCID:PMC4469963
PMID:26101752
Dynamic of Plant Composition and Regeneration following Windthrow in a Temperate Beech Forest Mollaei Darabi S, Kooch Y, Hosseini SM Int Sch Res Notices 21-Jul-2014
PMCID:PMC4897520
doi:10.1155/2014/421457
PMID:27379260
Eradication of Pseudomonas aeruginosa Biofilms Using the Combination of n-butanolic Cyclamen coum Extract and Ciprofloxacin Shafiei M, Abdi Ali A, Shahcheraghi F, Saboora A, Akbari Noghabi K Jundishapur J Microbiol 01-Feb-2014
PMCID:PMC4138680
doi:10.5812/jjm.14358
PMID:25147668
An annotated checklist of the scale insects of Iran (Hemiptera, Sternorrhyncha, Coccoidea) with new records and distribution data Moghaddam M Zookeys 23-Sep-2013
PMCID:PMC3804760
doi:10.3897/zookeys.334.5818
PMID:24163586

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Sesquiterpenoids
2-Methyl-6-(4-methyl-3,6-dioxocyclohexa-1,4-dien-1-yl)hept-2-enal 72815083 Click to see 246.30 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-957637
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Triterpenoids
(1S,2R,4S,5R,8R,10S,13R,14R,17S,18R,20S)-2-hydroxy-10-[(2R,3R,4S,5S)-4-hydroxy-5-[(2S,3R,4S,5R,6R)-5-hydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-4-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy-3-[(2S,3R,4S,5R)-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-3-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-4,5,9,9,13,20-hexamethyl-24-oxahexacyclo[15.5.2.01,18.04,17.05,14.08,13]tetracosane-20-carbaldehyde 162967627 Click to see CC1(C2CCC3(C(C2(CCC1OC4C(C(C(CO4)OC5C(C(C(C(O5)CO)O)OC6C(C(C(C(O6)CO)O)O)O)OC7C(C(C(CO7)O)O)O)O)OC8C(C(C(C(O8)CO)O)O)O)C)CCC91C3(CC(C2(C9CC(CC2)(C)C=O)CO1)O)C)C)C 1223.30 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/0031-9422(89)80123-2
(1S,2R,4S,5R,8R,10S,13R,14R,18S,20S)-10-[(2S,3R,4S,5S)-5-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-4,5-dihydroxy-6-[[(2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxymethyl]-3-[(2S,3R,4S,5R)-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-4-hydroxy-3-[(2R,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-2-hydroxy-4,5,9,9,13,20-hexamethyl-22-oxahexacyclo[18.3.2.01,18.04,17.05,14.08,13]pentacos-16-en-21-one 102069224 Click to see 1221.30 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/J.PHYTOCHEM.2011.09.003
https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-957637
(1S,2R,4S,5R,8R,10S,13R,14R,18S,20S)-2-hydroxy-10-[(2S,3R,4S,5S)-4-hydroxy-5-[(2R,3R,4R,5S,6R)-4-hydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-5-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxy-3-[(2S,3R,4S,5S)-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-3-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-4,5,9,9,13,20-hexamethyl-22-oxahexacyclo[18.3.2.01,18.04,17.05,14.08,13]pentacos-16-en-21-one 163104955 Click to see 1221.30 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(97)00978-3
(1S,2R,4S,5R,8R,9R,10S,13R,14R,17S,18R,20S)-10-[(2S,3R,4S,5S)-5-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-4,5-dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-3-[(2S,3R,4S,5R)-3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-4-hydroxy-3-[(2S,3R,4S,5S,6R)-3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-2-hydroxy-9-(hydroxymethyl)-4,5,9,13,20-pentamethyl-24-oxahexacyclo[15.5.2.01,18.04,17.05,14.08,13]tetracosane-20-carbaldehyde 102069223 Click to see 1077.20 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/J.PHYTOCHEM.2011.09.003
https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-957637
10-[5-[4,5-Dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-3-(3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl)oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-4-hydroxy-3-[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-2-hydroxy-4,5,9,9,13,20-hexamethyl-22-oxahexacyclo[18.3.2.01,18.04,17.05,14.08,13]pentacos-16-en-21-one 162935304 Click to see CC1(C2CCC3(C(C2(CCC1OC4C(C(C(CO4)OC5C(C(C(C(O5)CO)O)O)OC6C(C(C(CO6)O)O)O)O)OC7C(C(C(C(O7)CO)O)O)O)C)CC=C8C3(CC(C91C8CC(CC9)(C(=O)OC1)C)O)C)C)C 1059.20 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-957459
10-[5-[4,5-Dihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)-3-(3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl)oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-4-hydroxy-3-[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-2-hydroxy-9-(hydroxymethyl)-4,5,9,13,20-pentamethyl-24-oxahexacyclo[15.5.2.01,18.04,17.05,14.08,13]tetracosane-20-carbaldehyde 75072100 Click to see 1077.20 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-957637
10-[5-[4,5-Dihydroxy-6-[[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxymethyl]-3-(3,4,5-trihydroxyoxan-2-yl)oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-4-hydroxy-3-[3,4,5-trihydroxy-6-(hydroxymethyl)oxan-2-yl]oxyoxan-2-yl]oxy-2-hydroxy-4,5,9,9,13,20-hexamethyl-22-oxahexacyclo[18.3.2.01,18.04,17.05,14.08,13]pentacos-16-en-21-one 75072103 Click to see 1221.30 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-957637
https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(97)00978-3
CID 14019197 14019197 Click to see CC1(C2CCC3(C(C2(CCC1OC4C(C(C(CO4)OC5C(C(C(C(O5)CO)O)O)OC6C(C(C(CO6)O)O)O)O)OC7C(C(C(C(O7)CO)O)O)O)C)CCC89C3(CC(C1(C8CC(CC1)(C)C=O)CO9)O)C)C)C 1061.20 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-957637
Coumoside B 101944749 Click to see 1059.20 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-957459
Cyclaminorin 44566606 Click to see CC1(C2CCC3(C(C2(CCC1OC4C(C(C(CO4)OC5C(C(C(C(O5)CO)O)O)O)O)OC6C(C(C(C(O6)CO)O)O)O)C)CCC78C3(CC(C9(C7CC(CC9)(C)C=O)CO8)O)C)C)C 929.10 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-957637
https://doi.org/10.1016/J.PHYTOCHEM.2011.09.003
Mirabilin Lactone 44566611 Click to see 1221.30 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0031-9422(97)00978-3
> Phenylpropanoids and polyketides / Linear 1,3-diarylpropanoids / Chalcones and dihydrochalcones / 2-Hydroxychalcones
Flavokawain C 6293081 Click to see 300.30 unknown https://doi.org/10.1055/S-2006-957637

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