Plant Details

Accepted name:: Forsythia suspensa (Thunb.) Vahl [Oleaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
extractum forsythiae siccus	Pharmaceutical	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
forsythia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
forsythia fruit	Other	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
forsythiae fructus	Pharmaceutical	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
fructus forsythiae	Pharmaceutical	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
fructus forsythiae suspensae	Pharmaceutical	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
golden-bell	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
goldenbells	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
hängforsythia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
lao qiao	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
lian ciao	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
lian qiao	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
lianqiao	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
lianqiao tiquwu	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
liánqiào	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
liên kiều	Other	Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
qing qiao	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
weeping forsythia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
weeping forsythia capsule	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
weeping forsythia extract	Other	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
weeping goldenbells	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
レンギョウ	Other	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
老翹	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
连翘	Other	Consv. of Endangered Med. Pl. in Arid Desert Region (Lang et al., 2017)
连翘	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
连翘根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
连翘茎叶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
連翘	Other	Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
連翹	Other	Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
青翹	Other	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
fruit	dried fruit	Pharmacopoeia of China (2010)
fruit	dried fruit	Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005)
Fruit		Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
fruit	dried fruit	Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018)
fruit		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019)
fruit		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Fruit		Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997)
Fruit		Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008)
fruit	dried fruit	Pharmacopoeia of China (2005)
fruit	fruit	Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006)
fruit		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
fruit		Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012)
fruit		Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014)
fruit		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 19 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Syringa suspensa Thunb. in J.A.Murray (ed.), Syst. Veg., ed. 14.: 57 (1784).
Forsythia fortunei Lindl. Gard. Chron. 1864: 412 (1864).
Forsythia giraldiana f. pubescens (Rehder) C.S.Niu in Niu Chun Shan (ed.), Dendrologia Schensiensis: 999 (1990).
Forsythia sieboldii (Zabel) Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 109 (1889).
Forsythia suspensa f. atrocaulis Rehder Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 21: 193 (1912).
Forsythia suspensa f. aureovariegata Koehne Gartenflora 55: 206 (1906).
Forsythia suspensa f. decipiens Koehne Gartenflora 55: 204 (1906).
Forsythia suspensa var. fortunei (Lindl.) Rehder Gartenflora 40: 398 (1891).
Forsythia suspensa var. latifolia Rehder Publ. Arnold Arbor. 2: 302 (1912).
Forsythia suspensa f. pallida Koehne Gartenflora 55: 206 (1906).
Forsythia suspensa var. pubescens (Rehder) Lingelsh. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 243 II: 95 (1920).
Forsythia suspensa f. pubescens Rehder in C.S.Sargent, Pl. Wilson. 1: 302 (1912).
Forsythia suspensa var. sieboldii Zabel Gartenflora 34: 36 (1885).
Forsythia suspensa variegata Butz Rep. (Annual) Pennsylvania Agric. Exp. Sta. 1899-1900: 376 (1901).
Forsythia suspensa var. variegata (Butz) Rehder in L.H.Bailey, Cycl. Amer. Hort. 3: 1268 (1915).
Forsythia suspensa f. variegata (Butz) Rehder Man. Cult. Trees: 749 (1927).
Ligustrum suspensum Thunb. Nova Acta Regiae Soc. Sci. Upsal., ser. 2, 3: 209 (1780).
Lilac perpensa Lam. Encycl. 3: 513 (1792).
Rangium suspensum (Thunb.) Ohwi Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 1: 140 (1932).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Forsythia suspensa	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Trad. Med. in Dali Prefecture, SW China (Zhang et al., 2014)
Forsythia suspensa (Thunb.) Vahl	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Hong Kong Chinese Materia Med. Standards (2014) Illus. Chinese Materia Medica (Wu, 2005) Med. Pl. in China (WHO, 1997) Neuraminidase Inhib. Med. Pl. in Lingnan TCM (Liu et al., 2018) Pharmacopoeia of China (2005) Pharmacopoeia of China (2010) Pharmacopoeia of China (2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Taiwan Herbal Pharmacop. 3rd Chinese ed. (MOHW, 2018) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Forsythia suspensa (Thunb.) Vahl.	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Forsythia suspensa (Thunb.)Vahl	TCM Plants for Syst. Bio. Evaluation (Eisenberg et al., 2011)
Forsythia suspensa (Thunberg) Vahl	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Forsythia suspensa Vahl	Consv. of Endangered Med. Pl. in Arid Desert Region (Lang et al., 2017) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 15th edn. (2006) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 16th edn. (2012) Japanese Pharmacopoeia, 17th edn. (incl. Suppl. I and II) (2016-2019) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
Forsythia suspensa Vahl.	Pl. in Trad. Med. Systems in Viet Nam (Ngoc Van & Tap, 2008) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Syringa suspensa Thunb.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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