Plant Details

Accepted name:: Forsythia viridissima Lindl. [Oleaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
forsythia fruit	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
forsythiae fructus	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
レンギョウ	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
金钟花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
fruit	fruit	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006)
fruit		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
fruit		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
fruit		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 4 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Forsythia viridissima var. bronxensis Everett Gard. Chron. Amer. 51: 296 (1947).
Forsythia viridissima var. incisa Geerinck Taxonomania 14: 5 (2004).
Rangium koreanum var. fertile Uyeki J. Korean Pl. Forest. Soc. 208: 6 (1942).
Rangium viridissimum (Lindl.) Ohwi Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 1: 140 (1932).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Forsythia virdissima Lindley	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
Forsythia viridissima Lindl.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Forsythia viridissima Lindley	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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