Biology:Alangium chinense
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Cornales |
| Family: | Cornaceae |
| Genus: | Alangium |
| Species: | A. chinense
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| Alangium chinense (Lour.) Harms[1]
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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]
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
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 {{citation | mode = cs1 | title = Alangium chinense | work = Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN) | url = | publisher = [[Organization:Agricultural Research ServAgricultural Research Service (ARS), United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) | access-date = 2011-04-14 }}
- ↑ "Alangium chinense", Flora of China, http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200014707
- ↑ "Alangium chinense - Plants For A Future database report". Plants for a Future. June 2004. http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Alangium+chinense.
- ↑ "Ethnobotany Query". http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/duke/ethnobot.pl?ethnobot.taxon=Alangium%20chinense.
- ↑ 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)
Wikidata ☰ Q2707318 entry
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