Plant Details

Accepted name:: Citrus reticulata Blanco [Rutaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
airavata	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
aravata	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aurantii bobilis pericarpium	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006)
aurantii nobilis pericarpium	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacop., 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 Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016) Value Chains of Herbal Med. (Booker et al., 2012)
chenpi	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
chu sha chu	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
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	Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
citri reticulatae aetheroleum	Pharmaceutical	European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)
citri reticulatae pericarpium	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
citri reticulatae pericarpium viride	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
citri reticulatae semen	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
citri rubrum exocarpium	Pharmaceutical	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
citri unshiu pericarpium	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
citri unshius pericarpium	Pharmaceutical	Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)
citri unshius pericarpium immaturus	Pharmaceutical	Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
citrii unshiu immature peel	Other	Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
citrus reticulata pericarp	Other	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
citrus unshiius pericarpium	Pharmaceutical	Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
citrus unshiu peel	Other	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 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. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
dried tangerine peel	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
exocarpium citri rubrum	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. 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	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. 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	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
juhong	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. 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 Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
kamala	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
kamalapandu	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
kamalappalam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kan	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
kanchi kaayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kiththale	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kittale	Other	Unani Pharmacop. 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 Pharmacop. 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 Pharmacop. 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 Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
mandarin oil	Other	British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacop. 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 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	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: 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 Pharmacop. 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 Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
naranj	Other	Unani Pharmacop. 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) Pharmacop. of China (2005)
pericarpium citri reticulatae viride	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacop. 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	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015)
quít	Other	Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., 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	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010)
sangtara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
santara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. 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 Pharmacop. 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	Pharmacop. 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 Pharmacop. 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 Pharmacop. 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. Pharmacop. USP 43 (2020)
tangerine seed	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010)
tran bi	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
écorce de mandarine	Other	U.S. Pharmacop. 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. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
チンピ	Other	Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (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 Pl. for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
陳皮	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. Pharmacop. 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	Pharmacop. of China (2010)
peel	essential oil	British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
fruit bark		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000)
fruit	ripe fruit	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Pericarp	dried ripe pericarp	U.S. Pharmacop. 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	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. Pharmacop. USP 43 (2020)
fruit pericarp	pericarp of the ripe fruit	Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019)
fruit, rind of fruit, seeds	rind of ripe fruit	Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
rind of fruit, outer peel	dried rind of green fruit, dried rind of mature fruit	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. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
exocarp	dried exocarp	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
fruit	essential oil	British Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
fruit	oil	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
fruit peel	essential oil	European Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007)
fruit	pericarp	Japanese Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006)
flower	dried flower	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
	oil	ISO Catalogue (2009)
pericarp, leaf, twigs	essential oil, twigs with sometimes little green fruits	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
Fruit		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
pericarp		Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)
fruit	pericarp	Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012)
fruit	Essential oil obtained without heating, by suitable mechanical treatment, from the peel of the fresh fruit	European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)
pericarp	ripe pericarp	Korean Pharmacop., 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) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) 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 Pharmacop. 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacop. 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacop. 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 Pharmacop., 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacop., 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 Pharmacop., 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacop., 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacop., 17th edn. (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacop., 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) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Pl. & Animal in Trad. Med., Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacop.: Liste A (2000) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) TCM Pl. 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. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 43 (2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008) Value Chains of Herbal Med. (Booker et al., 2012) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) 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 Pharmacop., 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacop., 9th edn. (2007)

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