Background : Kalopanacis Cortex (海桐皮) is listed in「The Korea Pharmacopoeia (KP)」as the original plant of Kalopanax septemlobus (Thunb.) Koidz. However, the dried cortex of Erythrina eariegata L (刺桐) is an adulterant, one of the most indiscriminately used herbal medicines because of its similar morphologic. Due to the morphological similarities of the dried cortex of this plant to those of K. septemlobus which is used as a substitute herbal for E. eariegata, distinguish these two species is extremely difficult. Meanwhile, K. septemlobus is a polymorphic species, its morphological characteristics showed great diversity due to the different geographical and environmental factors. For this reason, it is conducted to develop molecular markers to distinguishing these K. septemlobus with E. eariegata by using conventional polymerase chain reaction (PCR). Methods and Results : In this study, In order to clearly identify origin of K. septemlobus, E. eariegata was analyzed from four barcode regions of chloroplast DNA (psbA-trnH, rbcL, matK, atpH-atpF) and nuclear ribosomal DNA (ITS2) to evaluate the ability of discrimination for each barcode region. The present study aimed to analyze the percent of variable sites were provided the highest ITS2 (2.3%) followed by rbcL (8.2%), in oder to develop a species-specific primer that can distinguish K. septemlobus form E. eariegata. Conclusion : The INDEL markers were developed based on the divergence of each sequence, and it is possible now to identify the two species of K. septemlobus with just a single performance of PCR. This will not only prevent misused of the plant, but also to maintain the quality of the herbal medicine as well as to verify and guarantee safety for public health.