Biology:Dischidia tonkinensis
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Short description: Species of plant
| Dischidia tonkinensis | |
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Asterids |
| Order: | Gentianales |
| Family: | Apocynaceae |
| Genus: | Dischidia |
| Species: | D. tonkinensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Dischidia tonkinensis Costantin[1]
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| Synonyms | |
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Dischidia esquirolii (H.Lév.) Tsiang | |
Dischidia tonkinensis is an epiphytic plant in the genus Dischidia. It is distributed mainly in the south China provinces of Yunnan, Guangxi, and Guizhou, at altitudes of 300 to 1,200 m above sea level. It normally grows in mountain forests and on rocks.[2] Dischidia esquirolii is a synonym.[1] It has not been cultivated.[citation needed]
The whole plant is used in Chinese medicine to relieve skin itching, to treat eye disease, and to cure furuncle and acariasis.[3]
References
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 "Dischidia esquirolii". Royal Botanical Gardens Kew. http://plantsoftheworldonline.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:96936-1. Retrieved 2018-11-03.
- ↑ "中国高等植物数据库全库（中国种子植物部分）". 2016-03-05. http://www.bioinfo.cn/db05/KmzwSpecies.php?action=view&id=30797.
- ↑ Ma, Xiaoxia; Yang, Chongren; Zhang, Yingjun (2008). "Complete assignments of 1H and 13C NMR spectral data for three polyhydroxylated 12-ursen-type triterpenoids from Dischidia esquirolii" (in en). Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry 46 (6): 571–575. doi:10.1002/mrc.2212. ISSN 0749-1581. PMID 18324739.
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