Plant Details

Accepted name:: Hovenia acerba Lindl. [Rhamnaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 2

Hovenia acerba var. acerba

Hovenia acerba var. kiukiangensis (Hu & W.C.Cheng) C.R.Wu

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
hoveniae semen	Pharmaceutical	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
jhih jyu zih	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
raisin tree	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
南枳椇	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
枳椇	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
枳椇叶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
枳椇子	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
枳椇木汁	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
枳椇木皮	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
枳椇根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
mature seed	dried mature seed	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)

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

Hovenia dulcis var. acerba (Lindl.) Sengupta & Safui Bull. Bot. Surv. India 26: 55 (1984 publ. 1985).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Hovenia acerba Lindl.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Hovenia acerba Lindley	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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