Plant Details

Accepted name:: Callicarpa japonica Thunb. [Lamiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
japanese beautyberry	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
japanese callicarpa	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 27 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Amictonis japonica (Thunb.) Raf. Sylva Tellur.: 161 (1838).
Callicarpa antaoensis Hayata Icon. Pl. Formosan. 6: 35 (1916).
Callicarpa australis Koidz. Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 30: 326 (1916).
Callicarpa caudatifolia Koidz. Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 39: 8 (1925).
Callicarpa japonica f. albibaccata H.Hara Enum. Spermatophytarum Japon. 1: 183 (1948).
Callicarpa japonica f. albiflos Konta Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus. Tokyo, B 31: 147 (2005).
Callicarpa japonica f. albifructus H.Hara Enum. Spermatophytarum Japon. 1: 184 (1948).
Callicarpa japonica f. angustifolia Miq. Cat. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat.: 70 (1870).
Callicarpa japonica var. erythrocarpa Siebold Jahrb. Nederl. Monatsch. Anmoed. Tuinb. 1845: 71 (1845).
Callicarpa japonica var. glabra Nakai J. Jap. Bot. 14: 640 (1938), nom. illeg.
Callicarpa japonica f. kiiruninsularis Masam. Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Formosa 30: 64 (1940).
Callicarpa japonica var. kotoensis (Hayata) Masam. Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Formosa 30: 63 (1946).
Callicarpa japonica f. latifolia Miq. Cat. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat.:70 (1870).
Callicarpa japonica var. leucocarpa Siebold Jahrb. Nederl. Monatsch. Anmoed. Tuinb. 1845: 71 (1845).
Callicarpa japonica f. leucocarpa (Siebold) Rehder Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 584 (1949).
Callicarpa japonica subsp. luxurians (Rehder) Masam. & Yanagita Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Formosa 31: 323 (1941).
Callicarpa japonica var. luxurians Rehder in C.S.Sargent, Pl. Wilson. 3: 369 (1916).
Callicarpa japonica f. parvifolia Miq. Cat. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat.:70 (1870).
Callicarpa japonica f. rugosior Miq. Cat. Mus. Bot. Lugd.-Bat.:70 (1870).
Callicarpa japonica var. taquetii (H.Lév.) Nakai Fl. Sylv. Kor. 14: 31 (1923).
Callicarpa japonica f. taquetii (H.Lév.) Ohwi Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus. Tokyo 33: 84 (1953).
Callicarpa kotoensis Hayata Fl. Formos.: 219 (1911).
Callicarpa longifolia var. subglabrata Schauer in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 11: 645 (1847).
Callicarpa mimurazakii Hassk. Cat. Hort. Bot. Bogor. Alt.: 136 (1844), nom. nud.
Callicarpa murasaki Siebold Abh. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. 4(3): 156 (1846).
Callicarpa taquetii H.Lév. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 12: 182 (1913).
Premna staminea Maxim. Bull. Acad. Imp. Sci. Saint-Pétersbourg, sér. 3, 31: 80 (1886).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Callicarpa japonica Thunb.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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