Plant Details

Accepted name:: Akebia quinata (Thunb. ex Houtt.) Decne. [Lardizabalaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
akebi	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
akebia	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
akebia fruit	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
akebia stem	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
akebiae caulis	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
akebiae fructus	Pharmaceutical	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
akehia fruit	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
akébie à cinq feuilles	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
caulis akebiae	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
chocolate vine	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
chocolate-vine	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
eureumdeonggul	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
fembladig akebia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
fingerblättrige akebie	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
five-leaf akebia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
fiveleaf	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
fructus akebiae	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
mu tong	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
mutong	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
yu zhi zi	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
yuzhizi	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
モクツゥ	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
モクツウ	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
五叶木通	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
八月札	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
木通	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
木通根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
stem	dried lianoid stem	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
fruit	nearly ripe fruit	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Stem, Root, Fruit		Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
Stem		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
stem	dried stem	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
climbing stem		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
stem, fruit		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
herb		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
stem	dried lianoid stem	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
stem	stem, transversely cut	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006)
fruit		Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)
stem		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
stem		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
stem		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 9 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Akebia micrantha Nakai Fl. Sylv. Kor. 21: 44 (1936).
Akebia quinata f. albiflora Y.N.Lee Bull. Korea Pl. Res. 6: 6 (2006).
Akebia quinata var. diplochlamys Makino J. Jap. Bot. 8: 6 (1932).
Akebia quinata f. diplochlamys (Makino) T.Shimizu Quart. J. Taiwan Mus. 14: 202 (1961).
Akebia quinata f. polyphylla (Nakai) Hiyama J. Jap. Bot. 36: 246 (1961).
Akebia quinata var. polyphylla Nakai Fl. Sylv. Kor. 21: 44 (1936).
Akebia quinata f. viridiflora Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 16: 182 (1902).
Akebia quinata var. yechi W.C.Cheng Contr. Biol. Lab. Sci. Soc. China, Bot. Ser. 8: 289 (1933).
Rajania quinata Thunb. ex Houtt. Nat. Hist. 2(11): 366 (1779).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Akebia quinata	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Akebia quinata (Houtt.) Dcne.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Akebia quinata (Houtt.) Decne.	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Akebia quinata (Houttuyn) Decaisne	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Akebia quinata (Thunb. ex Houtt.) Decne.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Akebia quinata (Thunb.) Decne.	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Akebia quinata Decaisne	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Akebiae quinata Decaisne	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)

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