Plant Details

Accepted name:: Pyracantha crenulata (D.Don) M.Roem. [Rosaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bhon pujo	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
chento	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
chherne kanda	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
firethorn	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
ghangaru	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
ghingaaru	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kanime	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
kath gedi	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
mharu	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
nepalese white thorn	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
rishin pojo	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
救军粮叶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
火棘	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
红子根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
赤阳子	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 33 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Crataegus crenulata (D.Don) Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 2: 509 (1832).
Photinia fortuneana Maxim. Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, sér. 3, 19: 179 (1873).
Pyracantha crenatoserrata (Hance) Rehder J. Arnold Arbor. 12: 72 (1931).
Pyracantha fortuneana (Maxim.) H.L.Li J. Arnold Arbor. 25: 420 (1944).
Cotoneaster crenulatus (D.Don) K.Koch Dendrologie 1: 175 (1869).
Cotoneaster fortunei Wenz. Linnaea 38: 200 (1874).
Cotoneaster pyracantha E.Pritz. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 29: 386 (1900).
Crataegus pyracantha Hemsl. J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 23: 260 (1887).
Crataegus pyracantha Brandis Forest Fl. N.W. India: 208 (1874).
Crataegus pyracantha var. crenulata (D.Don) Loudon Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 2: 844 (1838).
Mespilus crenulata D.Don Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 238 (1825).
Mespilus loureiroi Kostel. Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 4: 1479 (1835).
Mespilus pyracantha Lour. Fl. Cochinch.: 320 (1790), sensu auct.
Osteomeles pyracantha Decne. Nouv. Arch. Mus. Hist. Nat. 10: 182 (1874).
Photinia crenatoserrata Hance J. Bot. 18: 261 (1880).
Pyracantha atalantioides (Hance) Stapf Bot. Mag. 151: t. 9099 (1926).
Pyracantha chinensis M.Roem. Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 3: 220 (1847).
Pyracantha crenulata C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 761 (1906).
Pyracantha crenulata var. emarginata J.E.Vidal Notul. Syst. (Paris) 13: 301 (1948 publ. 1949).
Pyracantha crenulata flava (Anon.) Meun. Rev. Hort. (Paris) 97: 573 (1925).
Pyracantha crenulata f. flava Anon. Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 67: 55 (1920).
Pyracantha crenulata var. kansuensis Rehder J. Arnold Arbor. 4: 114 (1923).
Pyracantha crenulata var. rogersiana A.B.Jacks. Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 60: 309 (1916).
Pyracantha crenulata var. yunnanensis M.Vilm. ex Mottet Rev. Hort. (Paris) 85: 204 (1913).
Pyracantha discolor Rehder J. Arnold Arbor. 1: 260 (1920).
Pyracantha gibbsii A.B.Jacks. Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 60: 309 (1916).
Pyracantha gibbsii var. yunnanensis Osborn Garden (London, 1871-1927) 83: 138 (1919).
Pyracantha loureiroi (Kostel.) Merr. Trans. Amer. Philos. Soc., n.s., 24(2): 178 (1935).
Pyracantha rogersiana (A.B.Jacks.) Bean Garden (London, 1871-1927) 85: 567 (1921).
Pyracantha rogersiana f. aurantiaca Anon. J. Roy. Hort. Soc. 67: 60 (1942).
Pyracantha rogersiana f. flava Anon. J. Roy. Hort. Soc. 45(2-3): cxiii (1920).
Pyracantha yunnanensis (M.Vilm. ex Mottet) Chitt. Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 70: 325 (1921).
Sportella atalantioides Hance J. Bot. 15: 207 (1877).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Crataegus crenulata Roxb.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Photinia fortuneana Maxim.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Pyracantha crenato-serrata (Hance) Rehd.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Pyracantha crenulata (D. Don) M. Roem.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Pyracantha crenulata (D. Don) M. Roemer	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Pyracantha crenulata (D.Don) M.Roem.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Pyracantha fortuneana (Maxim.) Li	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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