Plant Details

Accepted name:: Akebia trifoliata (Thunb.) Koidz. [Lardizabalaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
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) Pharmacop. of China (2005)
akebia stem	Other	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010)
akebiae caulis	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
akebiae fructus	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
akehia fruit	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2010)
akébie à trois feuilles	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
caulis akebiae	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
chocolate-vine	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
fructus akebiae	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacop. of China (2005)
kleeblättrige akebie	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mitsuba-akebi	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mituba-akebi	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
mu tong	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
mutong	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
san ye mu tong	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
three leaf akebia	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
three-leaf akebia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
trebladig akebia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
yu zhi zi	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
yuzhizi	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
モクツゥ	Other	Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
モクツウ	Other	Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012)
八月札	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
八月炸	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
木通	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
木通根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
fruit	dried nearly ripe fruit	Pharmacop. of China (2010)
fruit	nearly ripe fruit	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
stem	dried stem	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
climbing stem		Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
stem, fruit		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
stem	dried lianoid stem	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
stem	stem, transversely cut	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006)
stem		Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Akebia lobata Decne. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 12: 107 (1839).
Akebia trifoliata var. australis (Diels) Rehder J. Arnold Arbor. 10: 189 (1928 publ. 1929).
Akebia trifoliata subsp. australis (Diels) T.Shimizu Quart. J. Taiwan Mus. 14: 201 (1961).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Akebia lobata Decaisne	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Akebia trifoliata	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
Akebia trifoliata (Thunb.) Koidz.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Akebia trifoliata (Thunb.) Koidz. var. australis (Diels) Rehd.	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Akebia trifoliata (Thunb.) Koidz. var. australis (Diels) Rehder	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
Akebia trifoliata (Thunb.) Koidz.,	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Akebia trifoliata (Thunberg) Koidzumi	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Akebia trifoliata Koidzumi	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Akebia trifoliata Koidzumi var. australis Rehder	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Akebia trifoliata subsp. australis (Diels) T. Shimizu	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

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