Alangium chinense

Alangium chinense
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Cornales
Family: Cornaceae
Genus: Alangium
Species: A. chinense
Binomial name
Alangium chinense
(Lour.) Harms[1]
Synonyms

Alangium chinense is a species of flowering plant in the Cornaceae family. It has the Chinese name (Chinese: ; pinyin: bā jiǎo fēng).[2]

Traditional uses

It is one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine.[3] In Hunan herbal medicine it is used for snake bites, circulation, contraception, hemostasis, numbness, poison, rheumatism, and wounds.[4]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 "Alangium chinense information from NPGS/GRIN". USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program. Retrieved 2011-04-14.
  2. "Alangium chinense in Flora of China @ efloras.org". Archived from the original on 1 March 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-14.
  3. "Alangium chinense - Plants For A Future database report". Plants for a Future. June 2004. Archived from the original on 3 March 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-05.
  4. "Ethnobotany Query". Retrieved 2008-02-14.

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