Biology:Alangium chinense

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Alangium chinense
Scientific classification edit
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[2]
Synonyms[3][2]
  • Alangium kenyense Merr.
  • Roxb. Karangolum chinense
  • (Lour.) Kuntze Marlea chinensis
  • (Lour.) Druce Stylidium chinense
  • Lour. (Lour.) Poir.
  • (Roxb.) Baill. Wangerin
  • W.P.Fang W.P.Fang
  • (Wangerin) W.P.Fang Chiov.
  • Wangerin Zoll.
  • (Roxb.) Voigt Alangium taiwanianum
  • Stelanthes solitarius Styrax rossamalus
  • Alangium chinense var. pauciflorum Alangium chinense var. taiwanianum
  • Alangium cordifolium Alangium octopetalum
  • Masam. Stokes
  • Reinw. ex Steud. Stylis chinensis
  • Alangium begoniifolium Alangium begoniifolium subsp. eubegoniifolium
  • Alangium chinense subsp. pauciflorum W.P.Fang ex Y.C.Ho
  • (Masam.) Koidz. Zoll. & Moritzi
  • Hanes ex Blanco Decne.
  • Lour. ex B.A.Gomes Stylidium begoniifolium
  • Blanco Marlea virgata
  • Stylidium bauthas Marlea begoniifolia
  • Guettarda jasminiflora Marlea affinis
  • Alangium chinense var. vulgare Alangium chinense subsp. strigosum
  • Alangium chinense subsp. triangulare Alangium platanifolium f. triangulare

Alangium chinense is a species of flowering plant in the family Cornaceae.[3][4] It has the Chinese name (Chinese: 八角枫; pinyin: bā jiǎo fēng).[5]

Traditional uses

It is one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine.[6] In Hunan herbal medicine it is used for snake bites, circulation, contraception, hemostasis, numbness, poison, rheumatism, and wounds.[7]

Other uses

Oil extracted from the seed of the plant can be used to light lamps.[8]

Distribution

It is native to Angola, Assam, Bangladesh, Burundi, Cabinda, Cambodia, Cameroon, China, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ethiopia, Gulf of Guinea islands, Himalaya, India, Java, Kenya, Laos, the Lesser Sunda Islands, Malawi, Mozambique, Nepal, the Philippines, Rwanda, South Sudan, Sudan, Taiwan, Tanzania, Thailand, Tibet, Uganda, Vietnam, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.[3]

See also

References

  1. ↑ IUCN SSC Global Tree Specialist Group & Botanic Gardens Conservation International (BGCI) (2024). "Alangium chinense". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2024. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2024-2.RLTS.T150284358A250196657.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/150284358/250196657. Retrieved July 4, 2025. 
  2. ↑ 2.0 2.1 {{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 }}
  3. ↑ 3.0 3.1 3.2 "Alangium chinense (Lour.) Harms". The Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. n.d.. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:58133-1. 
  4. ↑ "Alangium chinense (Lour.) Harms". Species 2000. n.d.. https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/668B9. 
  5. ↑ Qin, Haining; Phengklai, Chamlong, "Alangium chinense", Flora of China, 13, http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=2&taxon_id=200014707 
  6. ↑ "Alangium chinense - Plants For A Future database report". Plants for a Future. June 2004. http://www.pfaf.org/database/plants.php?Alangium+chinense. 
  7. ↑ "Ethnobotany Query". http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/duke/ethnobot.pl?ethnobot.taxon=Alangium%20chinense. 
  8. ↑ Manandhar, Narayan (2002). Plants and People of Nepal. Timber Press. Oregon. ISBN 0-88192-527-6. 

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