Plant Details

Accepted name:: Camptotheca acuminata Decne. [Nyssaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
camptotheca	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
cancer tree	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
glücksbaum	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
happy tree	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
lyckoträd	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
xi shu	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
xishu	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
喜树	Other	Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
喜树叶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
喜树果	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
喜树皮	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Fruit, Root		Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015)
leaf		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Camptotheca acuminata var. tenuifolia W.P.Fang & Soong Acta Phytotax. Sin. 13(2): 86 (1975).
Camptotheca yunnanensis Dode Bull. Soc. Bot. France 55: 651 (1909).
Cephalanthus esquirolii H.Lév. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 13: 176 (1914).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Camptotheca acuminata Decaisne	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Camptotheca acuminata Decne	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Camptotheca acuminata Decne.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. Used by Maonan People in China (Hong et al., 2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Camptotheca acuminata Decne.,	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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