Plant Details

Accepted name:: Ailanthus altissima (Mill.) Swingle [Simaroubaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 3

Ailanthus altissima var. altissima

Ailanthus altissima var. tanakae (Hayata) Kaneh. & Sasaki

Ailanthus altissima var. sutchuenensis (Dode) Rehder & E.H.Wilson

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ailanthi cortex	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
ailanthi radicis cortex	Pharmaceutical	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)
ailanthus	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
ailanthus glandulosus	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
ailanto	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ajlant vysočajšij	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
albero del paradiso	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
asela shandai	Other	Pl. of Shawar Valley, Pakistan (Hussain et al., 2006)
backyanra	Other	Econ. & Ecolog. Important Pl. Commun., Pakistan (Sher & Al Yemeni, 2011) Ethnobot. of Some Pl. Resources in Pakistan (Ali et al., 2011)
china-sumac	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
chinese sumach	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
chinese sumach bark	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
chinese tree-of-heaven	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
chou chun	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
chou chun pi	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
chun pi	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
chunpi	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
chūnpí	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
cortex ailanthi	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
cortex ailanthi altissuma	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
drüsiger götterbaum	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
false varnish tree	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
gudaträd	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
hemelboom	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
shunday	Other	Indig. Uses of Pl. of Malakand, Pakistan (Habib-Ul-Hassan et al., 2015)
stinktree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
tora shandi	Other	Weeds & Med. Pl. of Shawar Valley, Pakistan (Islam et al., 2006)
tree of heaven	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
tree-of-heaven	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
tree-of-heaven bark	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
varnishtree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
vernis de la chine	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
verno	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
凤眼草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
山蜡梅	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
椿皮	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
樗叶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
樗白皮	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
臭椿皮	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root bark	dried root bark	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
bark		Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
bark of root or stem	dried bark of root or stem	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
Bark		Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000)
Leaves		Weeds & Med. Pl. of Shawar Valley, Pakistan (Islam et al., 2006)
leaves, stem, bark		Ethnobot. of Some Pl. Resources in Pakistan (Ali et al., 2011)
Resin		Indig. Uses of Pl. of Malakand, Pakistan (Habib-Ul-Hassan et al., 2015)
stem or root bark		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
bark		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Root bark or bark		Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
root bark	dried root bark	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
bark or root bark		Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 1 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Toxicodendron altissimum Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 10 (1768).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Ailanthus altissima	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Ailanthus altissima (Mill) Swingle	Econ. & Ecolog. Important Pl. Commun., Pakistan (Sher & Al Yemeni, 2011) Ethnobot. of Some Pl. Resources in Pakistan (Ali et al., 2011) Indig. Uses of Pl. of Malakand, Pakistan (Habib-Ul-Hassan et al., 2015) Pl. of Shawar Valley, Pakistan (Hussain et al., 2006)
Ailanthus altissima (Mill) Swingle.	Weeds & Med. Pl. of Shawar Valley, Pakistan (Islam et al., 2006)
Ailanthus altissima (Mill. ) Swingle	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
Ailanthus altissima (Mill.) Swingle	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Ailanthus altissima (Mill.) Swingle var. altissima	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Ailanthus altissima (Mill.) Swingle.	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Ailanthus altissima (Miller) Swingle	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Med. & Pois. Pl. 2 (Valkenburg et al., 1999) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Ailanthus altissima (Miller)Swingle	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Ailanthus altissima (P. Mill.) Swingle	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Ailanthus altissima Swingle	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)
Ailanthus atissima (Mill.) Swingle	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Toxicodendron altissima Mill.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Toxicodendron altissimus Miller	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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