Plant Details

Accepted name:: Ardisia japonica (Thunb.) Blume [Primulaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 2

Ardisia japonica var. angusta (Nakai) Makino & Nemoto

Ardisia japonica var. japonica

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aidicha	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
ardisiae japonicae herba	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
herba ardisiae japonicae	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
japanese ardisia herb	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
marlberry	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mergelbeere	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
zi jin niu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
zijinniu	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
平地木	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
矮地茶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
紫金牛	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
herb	dried herb	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
Whole plant		Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
herb	dried herb	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Bladhia japonica Thunb. Nov. Gen. Pl.: 7 (1781).
Tinus japonica (Thunb.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 405 (1891).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Ardisa japonica (Thunb.) Blume	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
Ardisia japonica	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Ardisia japonica (Hornst.) B	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Ardisia japonica (Hornsted) Blume	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Ardisia japonica (Thunb) Blume	Neuraminidase Inhib. Med. Pl. in Lingnan TCM (Liu et al., 2018)
Ardisia japonica (Thunb.) Bl.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Ardisia japonica (Thunb.) Blume	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Neuraminidase Inhib. Med. Pl. in Lingnan TCM (Liu et al., 2018) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Ardisia japonica Bl.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Bladhia japonica Thunb.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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