Actaea
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae Division: Magnoliophyta Class: Magnoliopsida Order: Ranunculales Family: Ranunculaceae Genus: Actaea
Species
Actea alba - Doll's-eyes, White baneberry, White cohosh Actea rubra - Red baneberry Actea spicata - Herb christopher, Eurasian baneberry Actea x ludovici - Actea

Actaea is a genus of plants belonging to the buttercup family Ranunculaceae.

External links

• Section Eclectic herbal information
  • Actaea alba (White Cohosh) (http://www.ibiblio.org/herbmed/eclectic/kings/actaea-alba.html) King's American Dispensatory @ Henriette's Herbal
  • Cimicifuga racemosa (Black Cohosh, Macrotys) (http://www.ibiblio.org/herbmed/eclectic/kings/cimicifuga.html) King's American Dispensatory @ Henriette's Herbal
  • Baneberry (http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/b/banebe11.html) Mrs. Grieve's "A Modern Herbal" @ Botanical.com
  • Cohosh, Black (http://www.botanical.com/botanical/mgmh/c/cohbla83.html) Mrs. Grieve's "A Modern Herbal" @ Botanical.com

• Section Herbal information
  • Cimicifuga (Actea) racemosa (Black Cohosh) (http://www.herbmed.org/herbs/herb13.htm) HerbMed
  • Black Cohosh (http://www.mcp.edu/herbal/blackcohosh/blackcohosh.pdf) (pdf) Longwood Herbal Task Force
  • Black Cohosh (http://www.mskcc.org/mskcc/html/11571.cfm?RecordID=405&tab=HC) Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Centre
• Section Homeopathic information
  • Actaea racemosa (act-r.)(cimic.) (http://www.homeoint.org/books3/kentmm/a/act-r.htm) "Kent's Lectures on Homeopathic Materia Medica" by Dr Robert Séror
  • Actaea spicta (act-sp.) (http://www.homeoint.org/books5/allenprimer/act-s.htm) "A Primer of Materia Medica for practitioners of Homœopathy" by Timothy Allen