Plant Details

Accepted name:: Simmondsia chinensis (Link) C.K.Schneid. [Simmondsiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
coffeeberry	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
deer nut	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
goat nut	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
goatnut	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
gray box bush	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
jojoba	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
jojoba oil	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jojobastrauch	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
quinine nut	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
wild hazel	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Wax, Seed	Oil, Seed oil	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
seed		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Fruit		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 6 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Buxus chinensis Link Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 2: 386 (1822).
Simmondsia californica Nutt. London J. Bot. 3: 400 (1844).
Brocchia dichotoma Mauri Cat. Orto Bot. Napoli: 80 (1845).
Buxus californica (Nutt.) Baill. Monogr. Buxac.: 66 (1859).
Celastrus obtusatus C.Presl Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 3: 464 (1845).
Simmondsia pabulosa Kellogg Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 2: 21 (1863).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Buxus chinensis Link	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Simmondsia californica Nutt.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Simmondsia chinensis	Med. Pl. in Russia & C Asia (Mamedov et al., 2005) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Simmondsia chinensis (Link) C. K. Schneid.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Simmondsia chinensis (Link) C. Schneider	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Simmondsia chinensis (Link) C.K. Schneid.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Simmondsia chinensis (Link) C.K.Scheider	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Simmondsia chinensis (Link) C.K.Schneid.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Simmondsia chinensis (Link) C.K.Schneider	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998)
Simmondsia chinensis (Link) C.k. Schneid.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Simmondsia chinensis (Link) Schneid.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
Simmondsia chinensis (Link)C.K.Schneid.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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