Alangium_chinense

<i>Alangium chinense</i>

Alangium chinense

Species of flowering plant

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]

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


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