Medicinalis
/meh-dih-sih-NAH-lis/🏷️ Taxonomy●● Intermediate
Also known as: medicinale
A use epithet indicating the plant has established medicinal uses — beyond the general officinalis and specifically confirming medically recognised healing properties. Appears as medicinalis (both genders).
Etymology
From Latin medicinalis, meaning "of medicine" or "medicinal," from medicina (medicine), from medicus (a physician).
Example
“Aloe medicinalis and Cannabis sativa subsp. medicinalis both carry this epithet to signal their established role in formal medicine — plants whose healing properties have been sufficiently documented to move them from folk remedy to materia medica.”