Plant Details

Accepted name:: Hovenia dulcis Thunb. [Rhamnaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
chat cha tsz	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
chee kooi chee	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
chi chu	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
chi kou	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
chih chu	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
chih chu tzu	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
chih ku tsze	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
chih tsao	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
chih-ku	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
chinese raisintree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
coral tree	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
heotgaenamu	Other	Med. Pl. in S. Mountainous Region of Korea (Kim & Song, 2011) Survey of Med. Pl., Jeju Island, Korea (Song et al., 2013)
hovenia dulcis whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
hoveniae semen	Pharmaceutical	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)
hoveniae semen cum fructus	Pharmaceutical	Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002)
japanese raisin tree	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
japanese raisintree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
japanisches mahagoni	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
jhih jyu zih	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)
kemponashi	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
kenponashi	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
kuai tsao	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
mi chih kou	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
mu hsing	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
mu mi	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
pen ts'ao	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
quaffbirne	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
raisin tree	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
raisin tree seed	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)
sarmiento japonés	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024)
sikkaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
北枳椇	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021)
枳椇	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
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) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)
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:
seed	dried mature seed	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
fruit, leaves, root, bark, seed		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
fruit, leaf, stem		Survey of Med. Pl., Jeju Island, Korea (Song et al., 2013)
seed	dried mature seed	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022)
seed	dried mature seed	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021)
stem		Med. Pl. in S. Mountainous Region of Korea (Kim & Song, 2011)
fruit, fruit-bearing branches		Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
fruit with fruit stalk, seed		Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 6 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Hovenia dulcis var. glabra Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 28: 155 (1914).
Hovenia dulcis f. deviata Honda Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 65: 169 (1952).
Hovenia dulcis var. dulcis
Hovenia dulcis var. koreana Nakai ex Y.Kimura Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 53: 476 (1939).
Hovenia dulcis var. latifolia Nakai ex Y.Kimura Fl. Jap.: 476 (1939).
Hovenia dulcis f. latifolia (Nakai ex Y.Kimura) H.Hara Enum. Spermatophytarum Japon. 3: 126 (1954).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Hovenia dulcis	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Hovenia dulcis Thunb.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) GRIN-Global Taxonomy (USDA, 2024) Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Trop. Africa (2015) Survey of Med. Pl., Jeju Island, Korea (Song et al., 2013) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2021) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 4th English ed. (MOHW, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2025) 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)
Hovenia dulcis Thunb. ex Murray	Med. Pl. in S. Mountainous Region of Korea (Kim & Song, 2011)
Hovenia dulcis Thunb. var. glabra Makino	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Hovenia dulcis Thunberg	Korean Herbal Pharmacop. (2002) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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