Plant Details

Accepted name:: Akebia trifoliata (Thunb.) Koidz. [Lardizabalaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
akebia	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
akebia fruit	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
akebia stem	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
akebiae caulis	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
akebiae fructus	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
akehia fruit	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
akébie à trois feuilles	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
caulis akebiae	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
chocolate-vine	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
fructus akebiae	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
kleeblättrige akebie	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
mitsuba-akebi	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
mu tong	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
mutong	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
san ye mu tong	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
three leaf akebia	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
three-leaf akebia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
trebladig akebia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
yu zhi zi	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
yuzhizi	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015)
モクツウ	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
木通	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
fruit	dried nearly ripe fruit	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
fruit	nearly ripe fruit	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
stem	dried stem	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
stem, fruit		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
stem	dried lianoid stem	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
stem	stem, transversely cut	Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006)
stem		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 16 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Akebia lobata Decne. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 12: 107 (1839).
Akebia trifoliata subsp. australis (Diels) T.Shimizu Quart. J. Taiwan Mus. 14: 201 (1961).
Akebia trifoliata var. australis (Diels) Rehder J. Arnold Arbor. 10: 189 (1928 publ. 1929).
Akebia chaffanjonii H.Lév. Bull. Soc. Agric. Sarthe 39: 316 (1904).
Akebia chingshuiensis T.Shimizu Quart. J. Taiwan Mus. 14: 201 (1961).
Akebia clematifolia Siebold & Zucc. Fl. Jap. 1: 146 (1841).
Akebia lobata var. australis Diels Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 29: 344 (1901).
Akebia lobata var. chaffanjonii (H.Lév.) H.Lév. Fl. Kouy-Tchéou: 44 (1914).
Akebia lobata var. clematifolia (Siebold & Zucc.) Ito J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 22: 425 (1887).
Akebia lobata var. quercifoliata (Siebold & Zucc.) Ito J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 22: 425 (1887).
Akebia quercifolia Siebold & Zucc. Fl. Jap. 1: 146 (1841).
Akebia sempervirens Nakai Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus. Tokyo 27: 30 (1949).
Akebia trifoliata var. clematifolia (Siebold & Zucc.) Nakai Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus. Tokyo 27: 30 (1949).
Akebia trifoliata var. honanensis T.Shimizu Quart. J. Taiwan Mus. 14: 201 (1961).
Akebia trifoliata var. integrifolia T.Shimizu Quart. J. Taiwan Mus. 14: 201 (1961).
Akebia trifoliata var. litoralis Konta & Katsuy. Bull. Natl. Sci. Mus. Tokyo, B 31: 134 (2005).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Akebia lobata Decaisne	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Akebia trifoliata (Thunb.) Koidz.	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Akebia trifoliata (Thunb.) Koidz. var. australis (Diels) Rehd.	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Akebia trifoliata (Thunb.) Koidz. var. australis (Diels) Rehder	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
Akebia trifoliata (Thunberg) Koidzumi	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Akebia trifoliata Koidzumi	Japanese Pharmacopoeia 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Akebia trifoliata Koidzumi var. australis Rehder	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Akebia trifoliata subsp. australis (Diels) T. Shimizu	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

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