Plant Details

Accepted name:: Eleutherococcus nodiflorus (Dunn) S.Y.Hu [Araliaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
acanthopanacis cortex	Pharmaceutical	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
acanthopanacis gracilistyli cortex	Pharmaceutical	European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)
acanthopanax bark	Other	British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)
cortex acanthopanacis	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacop. of China (2005)
eleutherococcus gracilistylus	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
ngu gia bi huong	Other	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
slenderstyle acanthopanax bark	Other	Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010)
slenderstyle acanthopanax root bark	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
slenderstyle acanthopanax root-bark	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
wu jia pi	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
wujia	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
wujiapi	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
xi zhu wu jia	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
五加	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
五加叶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
五加果	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
五加皮	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) 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)
细柱五加	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root bark	dried root bark	Pharmacop. of China (2010)
root bark		British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
root bark	dried root bark	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Root, 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 of root	dried bark of root	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
bark	dried bark	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
root bark		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
root bark	dried root bark	Pharmacop. of China (2005)
root bark	Dried root bark, collected in summer and autumn	European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)
root bark		Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 26 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Acanthopanax gracilistylus W.W.Sm. Notes Roy. Bot. Gard. Edinburgh 5: 6 (1917).
Eleutherococcus gracilistylus (W.W.Sm.) S.Y.Hu J. Arnold Arbor. 61: 109 (1980).
Eleutherococcus gracilistylus var. nodiflorus (Dunn) H.Ohashi J. Jap. Bot. 62: 359 (1987).
Acanthopanax gracilistylus var. major G.Hoo Acta Phytotax. Sin., Addit. 1: 159 (1965).
Acanthopanax gracilistylus var. nodiflorus (Dunn) H.L.Li Sargentia 2: 86 (1942), nom. illeg.
Acanthopanax gracilistylus var. pubescens (Pamp.) H.L.Li Sargentia 2: 85 (1942).
Acanthopanax gracilistylus var. trifoliolatus C.B.Shang J. Nanjing Inst. Forest. 1985(2): 22 (1985).
Acanthopanax gracilistylus var. villosulus (Harms) H.L.Li Sargentia 2: 85 (1942).
Acanthopanax hondae Matsuda Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 31: 333 (1917).
Acanthopanax hondae var. armatus Nakai J. Arnold Arbor. 5: 4 (1924).
Acanthopanax hondae var. inermis Nakai J. Arnold Arbor. 5: 4 (1924).
Acanthopanax nodiflorus Dunn J. Bot. 47: 199 (1909).
Acanthopanax spinosus Pavol. Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 15: 418 (1908), sensu auct.
Acanthopanax spinosus var. pubescens Pamp. Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 17: 678 (1911).
Acanthopanax villosulus Harms in C.S.Sargent, Pl. Wilson. 2: 562 (1916).
Aralia palmata Lour. Fl. Cochinch.: 187 (1790), nom. illeg.
Aralia scandens Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 1: 419 (1811).
Eleutherococcus gracilistylus var. major (G.Hoo) H.Ohashi J. Jap. Bot. 62: 358 (1987).
Eleutherococcus gracilistylus var. pubescens (Pamp.) S.Y.Hu J. Arnold Arbor. 61: 109 (1980).
Eleutherococcus gracilistylus var. trifoliolatus (C.B.Shang) H.Ohashi J. Jap. Bot. 62: 359 (1987).
Eleutherococcus gracilistylus var. villosulus (Harms) Q.S.Wang Fl. Hubeiensis 3: 183 (2002).
Eleutherococcus nodiflorus var. gracilistylus (W.W.Sm.) Y.F.Deng Med. Fl. China 7: 414 (2018).
Eleutherococcus nodiflorus var. trifoliolatus (C.B.Shang) Shui L.Zhang & Z.H.Chen J. Hangzhou Norm. Univ., Nat. Sci. Ed. 19(6): [96-102] (2020).
Eleutherococcus pubescens (Pamp.) C.H.Kim & B.Y.Sun Novon 10: 213 (2000).
Eleutherococcus villosulus (Harms) S.Y.Hu J. Arnold Arbor. 61: 110 (1980).
Hedera scandens (Poir.) DC. Prodr. 4: 264 (1830).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Acanthopanax gracilisty-lus W. W Smith A. sessiliflorus (Rupr. Et Maxim.) Seem.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Acanthopanax gracilisty-lus W. W. Smith A. sessiliflorus (Rupr. er Maxim.) Seem.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Acanthopanax gracilistylus	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Acanthopanax gracilistylus W. W. Smith	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Pharmacop. of China (2005) Pharmacop. of China (2010) Pharmacop. of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Acanthopanax gracilistylus W. W. Smith.	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
Acanthopanax gracilistylus W.W. Smith	ASEAN Herbal and Med. Pl. (Mat Ali et al., 2010)
Acanthopanax gracilistylus W.W.Sm	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
Acanthopanax gracilistylus W.W.Sm.	WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Acanthopanax gracilistylus W.W.Smith	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Acanthoponax gracilistylus W.W.Smith	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Eleutherococcus gracilistylus (W. W. Sm.) S. Y. Hu	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Eleutherococcus gracilistylus (W.W.Sm.) S.Y.Hu	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Eleutherococcus gracilistylus (W.W.Sm.) S.Y.Hu var. nodiflorus (Dunn) H.Ohashi	British Pharmacop. 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacop., 7th edn. (2012)
Eleutherococcus nodiflorus (Dunn) S.Y. Hu	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Eleutherococcus nodiflorus (Dunn) S.Y.Hu	WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2022 (WHO-UMC, 2022) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Eleutherococcus nodiflorus (Dunn)s.y.hu	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

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