Plant Details

Accepted name:: Eucommia ulmoides Oliv. [Eucommiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
chinese rubber tree	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cortex eucommiae	Pharmaceutical	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
cortex eucommiae ulmoidis	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
du jhong	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
du zhong	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Value Chains of Herbal Med. (Booker et al., 2012)
duchung	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
duzhong	Other	Homegarden Med. Ethnobot. of Naxi in NW Yunnan (Yang et al., 2014) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
duzhongye	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
dùzhòng	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
eucommia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
eucommia bark	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
eucommia leaf	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
eucommiae cortex	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
eucommiae folium	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
folium eucommiae	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
gutta-percha tree	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
gutta-percha-tree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
hardy rubber tree	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
kinesiskt gummiträd	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
tu-chung	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
đỗ trọng bắc	Other	Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
トチュウ	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
杜仲	Other	Consv. of Endangered Med. Pl. in Arid Desert Region (Lang et al., 2017) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
杜仲叶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
檰芽	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
stem bark		Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
stem bark	dried stem bark	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Bark		Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
Bark		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Bark		Homegarden Med. Ethnobot. of Naxi in NW Yunnan (Yang et al., 2014)
bark of trunk	dried bark of trunk	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
bark		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
bark		Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
stem bark		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
bark		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Bark		Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
Bark		Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
leaf	dried leaf	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
bark	bark	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006)
stem bark		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
bark		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
stem bark		Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)
stem bark		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

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

Eucommia ulmoides var. yunnanensis H.Lév. Cat. Pl. Yun-Nan: 174 (1916).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Eucomia ulmoides Oliv.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Eucommia ulminoides Olivier	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Eucommia ulmoides	Homegarden Med. Ethnobot. of Naxi in NW Yunnan (Yang et al., 2014) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Eucommia ulmoides Oliv.	Checklist of Korean Cult. Plants (Mun-Chan et al., 1986) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Med. & Pois. Pl. 2 (Valkenburg et al., 1999) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Value Chains of Herbal Med. (Booker et al., 2012) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Eucommia ulmoides Oliver	Consv. of Endangered Med. Pl. in Arid Desert Region (Lang et al., 2017) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Med. Pl. in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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