Plant Details

Accepted name:: Castanea crenata Siebold & Zucc. [Fagaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
castaneae semen	Pharmaceutical	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
seed fruit without the pericarp		Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 52 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Castanea castanea var. pubinervis Sarg. Silva 9: 9 (1896), not validly publ.
Castanea chinensis Hassk. Cat. Hort. Bot. Bogor. Alt.: 73 (1844).
Castanea crenata subvar. bournetii A.Camus Chataigniers, Atlas: 12 (1929).
Castanea crenata var. canescens (Blume) Koidz. Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 40: 339 (1926).
Castanea crenata var. caudata Miyoshi Proc. Imp. Acad. Japan 3: 238 (1927).
Castanea crenata var. dulcis Nakai Index Seminum (TI, Tokyo) 1934: 11 (1934).
Castanea crenata var. elongata (Blume) A.Camus Chataigniers, Texte: 192 (1929).
Castanea crenata var. femina Makino J. Jap. Bot. 3: 14 (1926).
Castanea crenata f. femina (Makino) Sugim. New Keys Jap. Trees: 458 (1961).
Castanea crenata f. gigantea Makino J. Jap. Bot. 3: 14 (1926).
Castanea crenata var. imperfecta Makino J. Jap. Bot. 5: 44 (1928).
Castanea crenata f. imperfecta (Makino) Sugim. New Keys Jap. Trees: 458 (1961).
Castanea crenata var. japonica (Blume) Koidz. Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 40: 339 (1926).
Castanea crenata var. kawasei Sugim. J. Geobot. 16: 49 (1968).
Castanea crenata var. kusakuri (Blume) A.Camus Chataigniers, Texte: 191 (1929).
Castanea crenata var. longispina (Blume) A.Camus Chataigniers, Texte: 192 (1929).
Castanea crenata var. obtexta (Blume) A.Camus Chataigniers, Texte: 192 (1929).
Castanea crenata var. ookasi (Blume) A.Camus Chataigniers, Texte: 192 (1929).
Castanea crenata f. pendula (Miyoshi) Sugim. New Keys Jap. Trees: 458 (1961).
Castanea crenata var. pendula Miyoshi Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 33: 187 (1919).
Castanea crenata var. pleiocarpa Makino J. Jap. Bot. 3: 14 (1926).
Castanea crenata f. pleiocarpa (Makino) Sugim. New Keys Jap. Trees: 458 (1961).
Castanea crenata f. pulchella (Honda) Sugim. New Keys Jap. Trees: 458 (1961).
Castanea crenata var. pulchella Honda Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 57: 107 (1943).
Castanea crenata var. quercina (Blume) A.Camus Chataigniers, Texte: 192 (1929).
Castanea crenata var. siba-kuri (Blume) A.Camus Chataigniers, Texte: 192 (1929).
Castanea crenata var. stricta (Siebold & Zucc.) A.Camus Chataigniers, Texte: 191 (1929).
Castanea crenata var. syakacephala Makino J. Jap. Bot. 6: 26 (1929).
Castanea crenata f. syakacephala (Makino) Sugim. New Keys Jap. Trees: 458 (1961).
Castanea crenata var. tamba A.Camus Chataigniers, Texte: 193 (1929).
Castanea japonica Blume Mus. Bot. 1: 284 (1851).
Castanea japonica var. canescens Blume Mus. Bot. 1: 286 (1851).
Castanea japonica var. crenata (Siebold & Zucc.) Blume Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 1: 285 (1864), nom. superfl.
Castanea japonica var. elongata Blume Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 1: 286 (1864).
Castanea japonica var. kusakuri Blume Mus. Bot. 1: 285 (1851).
Castanea japonica var. longispina Blume Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 1: 285 (1864).
Castanea japonica var. obtexta Blume Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 1: 286 (1864).
Castanea japonica var. ookasi Blume Mus. Bot. 1: 285 (1851).
Castanea japonica var. quercina Blume Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 1: 285 (1864).
Castanea japonica var. siba-kuri Blume Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 1: 286 (1864).
Castanea japonica var. stricta (Siebold & Zucc.) Blume Mus. Bot. 1: 286 (1851).
Castanea japonica var. typica Blume Mus. Bot. 1: 284 (1851), not validly publ.
Castanea kusakuri (Blume) Koidz. Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 40: 337 (1926).
Castanea pubinervis C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 158 (1904).
Castanea sativa var. japonica (Blume) Seemen Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 29: 287 (1900).
Castanea sativa var. pubinervis (C.K.Schneid.) Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 23: 12 (1909).
Castanea stricta Siebold & Zucc. Abh. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. 4(3): 225 (1846).
Castanea vulgaris var. elongata A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(2): 115 (1864).
Castanea vulgaris var. japonica (Blume) A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(2): 115 (1864).
Castanea vulgaris var. kusakuri (Blume) A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(2): 115 (1864).
Castanea vulgaris var. subdentata A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(2): 115 (1864).
Shiia cuspidata var. microcarpa Makino Ill. Fl. Nippon: 655 (1940), no Latin descr.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Castanea crenata Sieb. & Zucc.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Castanea crenata Sieb. et Zucc.	Checklist of Korean Cult. Plants (Mun-Chan et al., 1986)
Castanea crenata Siebold & Zucc.	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2020 (WHO-UMC, 2020) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2021 (WHO-UMC, 2021) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Castanea crenata Siebold et Zuccarini	Korean Herbal Pharmacopoeia (2002)

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