Plant Details

Accepted name:: Alangium chinense (Lour.) Harms [Cornaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
akhani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
ankola	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
ba jiao feng	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
bajiaofeng	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
bhalu paile	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
phir phire	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
八角枫	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
八角枫叶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
八角枫根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
八角枫花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Fibrous root		Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
Others		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
bark, root, stem		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 25 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Alangium begoniifolium (Roxb.) Baill. Hist. Pl. 6: 270 (1877).
Marlea begoniifolia Roxb. Pl. Coromandel 3: 80 (1820).
Stylidium chinense Lour. Fl. Cochinch.: 221 (1790).
Alangium begoniifolium subsp. eubegoniifolium Wangerin in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 220b: 20 (1910), not validly publ.
Alangium chinense subsp. pauciflorum W.P.Fang J. Sichuan Univ., Nat. Sci. Ed. 2: 94 (1979).
Alangium chinense var. pauciflorum W.P.Fang ex Y.C.Ho Fl. Tsinling. 1(3): 455 (1981).
Alangium chinense subsp. strigosum W.P.Fang J. Sichuan Univ., Nat. Sci. Ed. 2: 93 (1979).
Alangium chinense var. taiwanianum (Masam.) Koidz. Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 8: 261 (1936).
Alangium chinense subsp. triangulare (Wangerin) W.P.Fang J. Sichuan Univ., Nat. Sci. Ed. 2: 95 (1979).
Alangium chinense var. vulgare Merr. Enum. Philipp. Fl. Pl. 3: 240 (1923), not validly publ.
Alangium cordifolium Zoll. & Moritzi in H.Zollinger, Syst. Verz. Ind. Archip. 1: 63 (1854).
Alangium kenyense Chiov. Racc. Bot.: 47 (1935).
Alangium octopetalum Hanes ex Blanco Fl. Filip., ed. 2.: 310 (1845).
Alangium platanifolium f. triangulare Wangerin in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 220b: 24 (1910).
Alangium taiwanianum Masam. Trans. Nat. Hist. Soc. Formosa 28: 435 (1938).
Guettarda jasminiflora Blanco Fl. Filip.: 722 (1837).
Karangolum chinense (Lour.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 272 (1891).
Marlea affinis Decne. in V.Jacquemont, Voy. Inde 4(Bot.): 74 (1841).
Marlea chinensis (Lour.) Druce Rep. Bot. Soc. Exch. Club Brit. Isles 1916: 634 (1917).
Marlea virgata Zoll. Natuurk. Tijdschr. Ned.-Indië 14: 157 (1857), nom. superfl.
Stelanthes solitarius Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 2: 339 (1812).
Stylidium bauthas Lour. ex B.A.Gomes Mem. Acad. Real Sci. Lisboa, 2 Cl. Sci. Moraes, n.s., 4(1): 28 (1868).
Stylidium begoniifolium (Roxb.) Voigt Hort. Suburb. Calcutt.: 40 (1845).
Stylis chinensis (Lour.) Poir. in J.B.A.P.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 5: 260 (1817).
Styrax rossamalus Reinw. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 651 (1841), nom. nud.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Alangium begoniaefolium (Roxb.) Baill.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Alangium begonifolium	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Alangium begoniifolium	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Alangium chinenese (Lour.) Harms	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Alangium chinense	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Alangium chinense (Lour) Harms.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Alangium chinense (Lour.) Harms	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Alangium chinense (Lour.) Rehd.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Alangium chinense (Loureiro) Harms	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Alangium chinense Loureiro	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Marlea begoniaefolia	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Stylidium chinense Lour.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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