Plant Details

Accepted name:: Callicarpa dichotoma (Lour.) K.Koch [Lamiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
紫珠	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 7 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Callicarpa dichotoma f. albifructa Moldenke Phytologia 7: 429 (1961).
Callicarpa gracilis Siebold & Zucc. Abh. Math.-Phys. Cl. Königl. Bayer. Akad. Wiss. 4(3): 154 (1846).
Callicarpa jamamurasaki Siebold ex Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 2: 98 (1865).
Callicarpa japonica var. angustifolia Sav. in Yonan-Si, Livres Kwawi: 78 (1873).
Callicarpa japonica var. dichotoma (Lour.) Bakh. Bull. Jard. Bot. Buitenzorg, sér. 3, 3: 26 (1921).
Callicarpa purpurea Juss. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 7: 67 (1806).
Porphyra dichotoma Lour. Fl. Cochinch.: 70 (1790).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Callicarpa dichotoma	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Callicarpa dichotoma (Lour.) K. Koch	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Callicarpa dichotoma (Lour.) K.Koch	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Callicarpa dichotoma (Lour.) Raeuch.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Callicarpa dichotoma (Loureiro) K. Koch	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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