Alangium chinense

Alangium chinense is a species of flowering plant in the Cornaceae family. It has the Chinese name (Chinese: 八角枫; pinyin: bā jiǎo fēng).[2]

Alangium chinense
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Clade:	Asterids
Order:	Cornales
Family:	Cornaceae
Genus:	Alangium
Species:	A. chinense
Binomial name
Alangium chinense (Lour.) Harms[1]
Synonyms[1]
Alangium begoniifolium (Roxb.) Baill. Marlea begoniifolia Roxb. Stylidium chinense Lour.

Traditional uses

It is one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine.[3] In Hunan herbal medicine it is used for snake bites, circulation, contraception, hemostasis, numbness, poison, rheumatism, and wounds.[4]

Other uses

Oil extracted from the seed of the plant can be used to light lamps.[5]

See also

• Chinese herbology

References

1. "Alangium chinense". Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN). Agricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA). Retrieved 2011-04-14.
2. "Alangium chinense". Flora of China – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
3. "Alangium chinense - Plants For A Future database report". Plants for a Future. June 2004. Archived from the original on 3 March 2008. Retrieved 2008-02-05.
4. "Ethnobotany Query". Archived from the original on 2015-09-23. Retrieved 2008-02-14.
5. Manandhar, Narayan (2002). Plants and People of Nepal. Timber Press. Oregon. ISBN 0-88192-527-6.

External links

• Alangium chinense (Google Images)
• Alangium chinense Ethnomedical Uses (Dr. Duke's Databases)
• Alangium chinense (Plants for a Future Database)
• Alangium chinense (Lour.) Harms Medicinal Plant Images Database (School of Chinese Medicine, Hong Kong Baptist University) (in Chinese) (in English)