Plant Details

Accepted name:: Gleditsia sinensis Lam. [Fabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
big gleditsia	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
chinese honey locust	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
chinese honey-locust	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
chinese honeylocust	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
chinese honeylocust abnormal fruit	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
chinese honeylocust fruit	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
chinese honeylocust spine	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
chinesische gleditschie	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
da zao jiao	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
dazaojiao	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
dòu kē	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
fructus gleditsiae	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
fructus gleditsiae abnormalis	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
gleditsia	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
gleditsia spine	Other	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
gleditsiae abnormalis fructus	Pharmaceutical	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
gleditsiae fructus	Pharmaceutical	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
gleditsiae fructus abnormalis	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
gleditsiae sinensis fructus	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
gleditsiae spina	Pharmaceutical	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
jhu ya zao	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
jogagjanamu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
spina gleditsiae	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
zao ci	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
zao jia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
zao jia ci	Other	TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011)
zao jiao	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
zao jiao ci	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
zao jiao cih	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
zaojia	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
zaojiao	Other	Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
zaojiaoci	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
zhu ya zao	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
zhuyazao	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
zào jiá	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
zào jiá shù	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
zào jiá zǐ	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
大皂角	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
猪牙皂	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
皂刺	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
皂荚	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
皂荚刺	Other	TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011)
皂荚叶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
皂荚子	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
皂荚树	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
皂莢	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
皂角	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
皂角刺	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
豆科	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
豬牙皂	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
fruit	dried sterile fruit	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
fruit	fruit	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Pod		Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
Stem		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
sterile fruit	dried sterile fruit	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
seed		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
spine, fruit, sterile fruit		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
fruit	dried sterile fruit	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
thorn		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
thorn		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 17 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Gleditsia horrida Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 4: 1098 (1806), nom. illeg.
Gleditsia macracantha Desf. Hist. Arbr. France 2: 246 (1809).
Gleditsia officinalis Hemsl. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1892: 82 (1892).
Caesalpiniodes macracanthum (Desf.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 167 (1891).
Caesalpiniodes sinense (Lam.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 167 (1891).
Gleditsia fontanesii Spach Hist. Nat. Vég. 1: 95 (1834).
Gleditsia indica Pers. Syn. Pl. 2: 623 (1807).
Gleditsia japonica Lodd. ex Loudon Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 2: 654 (1838), pro syn.
Gleditsia nana Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 3: 658 (1893).
Gleditsia sinensis var. inermis Duhamel ex Loudon Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 2: 654 (1838).
Gleditsia sinensis var. major Loudon Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 2: 654 (1838).
Gleditsia sinensis var. pendula G.Nicholson Hand-List Trees Shrubs, ed. 2: 203 (1902), nom. nud.
Gleditsia sinensis pendula Van Geert Nursery Cat. (Auguste Van Geert) 70: 118 (1873), nom. nud.
Gleditsia sinensis pendula-excelsa Pynaert Nursery Cat. (Éd. Pynaert - Van Geert) 1883: 69 (1883), nom. nud.
Gleditsia sinensis var. purpurea Loudon Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 2: 654 (1838).
Gleditsia xylocarpa Hance J. Bot. 22: 366 (1884).
Gymnocladus williamsii Hance J. Bot. 22: 366 (1884).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Gleditsia horrida Willd.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Gleditsia macracantha Desf.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Gleditsia officinalis	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Gleditsia officinalis Hemsl.	Checklist of Korean Cult. Plants (Mun-Chan et al., 1986)
Gleditsia officinalis Hemsley	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Gleditsia sinensis	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Gleditsia sinensis Lam.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) 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) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) 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) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Gleditsia sinensis Lamark	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
Gleditsia sinensis Lamk	Med. & Pois. Pl. 2 (Valkenburg et al., 1999)

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