Plant Details

Accepted name:: Citrus reticulata Blanco [Rutaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
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Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
airavata	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
aravata	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aurantii bobilis pericarpium	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006)
aurantii nobilis pericarpium	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
biǎn gān	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
chen pi	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) Value Chains of Herbal Med. (Booker et al., 2012)
chenpi	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
chén pí	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
chénpí	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
cing pi	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
citri exocarpium rubrum	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
citri reticulatae aetheroleum	Pharmaceutical	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
citri reticulatae pericarpium	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
citri reticulatae pericarpium viride	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
citri reticulatae semen	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
citri rubrum exocarpium	Pharmaceutical	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
citri unshiu pericarpium	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
citri unshius pericarpium	Pharmaceutical	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)
citri unshius pericarpium immaturus	Pharmaceutical	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
citrii unshiu immature peel	Other	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
citrus reticulata pericarp	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
citrus unshiius pericarpium	Pharmaceutical	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
citrus unshiu peel	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)
clementine	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
cáscara de mandarina	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
dried tangerine peel	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
exocarpium citri rubrum	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
ge qing pi	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
green tangerine	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
green tangerine peel	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
guang chen pi	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
gul-e-bahar (bahar naranj)	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gān guǒ	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
heen naran	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
ju	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
ju hong	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
ju pi	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
juhe	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
juhong	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
jyu hong	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
jyu pi	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
kamal lebu	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kamala	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kamalapandu	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kamalappalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanchi kaayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kiththale	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kittale	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
kodagina kithaale	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
konda naran	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
kudagu	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
limau cina	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
limau kapas	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
limau kupas	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
limau langkat	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
loose-skinned orange	Other	Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
madhura naranga	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
madhuranaranna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maltese orange	Other	Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
mandarin	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) ISO Catalogue (2009) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
mandarin oil	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
mandarin orange	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
mandarin petitgrain	Other	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) ISO Catalogue (2009)
mandarine	Other	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
mì gān	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
naagapuri kitthale	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
naarangi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
naarinja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
naramgi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
naran	Other	Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
narang	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
naranga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
narangah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
narangam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
narangi	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
naranj	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
nowrangi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
oil of mandarin petitgrain	Other	ISO Catalogue (2009)
oil of mandarin, italian type	Other	ISO Catalogue (2009)
pericarpium citri reticulatae	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
pericarpium citri reticulatae viride	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
petitgrain mandarinier	Other	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
qing pi	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
qingpi	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
quít	Other	Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
red tangerine	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
red tangerine exocarp	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
red tangerine peel	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
sangtara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
santara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
santhara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
santra	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
satsuma	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
satsuma orange	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
semen citri reticulatae	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
si hua qing pi	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
skyur rtsi chun na	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
soh-niamta	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
svadunarangah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tangerine	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
tangerine oil	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018)
tangerine oil, coldpressed	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
tangerine oil, expressed	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
tangerine peel	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020)
tangerine seed	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
écorce de mandarine	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
مندلينا‬	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
කොණ්ඩ නාරන්	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
හීන් නාරන්	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
‫يوسف أفندي	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
ちんぴ	Other	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
チンピ	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
個青皮	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
四花青皮	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
廣陳皮	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
扁柑	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
柑果	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
橘	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
橘叶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
橘核	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
橘根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
橘白	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
橘皮	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
橘紅	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
橘红	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
橘络	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
橘饼	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
蜜柑	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
陈皮	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
陳皮	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
青皮	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
seed	dried ripe seed	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
peel	essential oil	British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
fruit bark		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
fruit	ripe fruit	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Pericarp	dried ripe pericarp	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
Seed		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Fruits, Leaves		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
pericarp of the ripe fruit	dried pericarp of the ripe fruit	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
pericarp, fruit peel		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
seeds, roots, leaves, flowers	dry plant material	Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
fruit	peels of the ripe fruit	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018)
fruit exocarp, fruit mesocarp	exocarp of the ripe fruit, mesocarp of the ripe fruit	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020)
fruit pericarp	pericarp of the ripe fruit	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
fruit, rind of ripe fruit, seeds		Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
dried rind of green fruit, dried rind of mature fruit, outer peel		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
fruit		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Rind		Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
Fruit skin		Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
exocarp	dried exocarp	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
fruit	essential oil	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
fruit	oil	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
fruit peel	essential oil	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
fruit	pericarp	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006)
flower	dried flower	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
	oil	ISO Catalogue (2009)
pericarp, leaf and twigs with sometimes little green fruits	essential oil	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
Fruit		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
pericarp		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
fruit	pericarp	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
fruit	Essential oil obtained without heating, by suitable mechanical treatment, from the peel of the fresh fruit	European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
pericarp	ripe pericarp	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

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

Citrus daoxianensis S.W.He & G.F.Liu Acta Bot. Yunnan. 12: 287 (1990).
Citrus reticulata var. austera Swingle J. Washington Acad. Sci. 32: 25 (1942).
Citrus × nobilis subf. reticulata (Blanco) M.Hiroe Forest Pl. Hist. Jap. Islands 1: 212 (1974).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Citrus reticulata	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018) Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Citrus reticulata Blanco	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Fijian Med. Pl. (Cambie & Ash, 1994) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) ISO Catalogue (2009) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008) Value Chains of Herbal Med. (Booker et al., 2012) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2022 (WHO-UMC, 2022) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Citrus reticulata Blanco.	Med. Pl. for Respiratory Disorders in Abbottabad (Kayani et al., 2014) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Citrus reticulate Blanco	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)

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