Plant Details

Accepted name:: Citrus trifoliata L. [Rutaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
gou ju	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
hardy orange	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
ponciri fructus immaturus	Pharmaceutical	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
poncirus immature fruit	Other	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
trifoliate orange	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
zhi qiao zhi shi	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
枳根皮	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
枳茹	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
枸橘	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
枸橘刺	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
枸橘叶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
枸橘核	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
绿衣枳壳	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
immature fruit		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
fruit		Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007)
fruit	unripe whole fruit, halved fruit	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 11 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Aegle sepiaria DC. Prodr. 1: 538 (1824).
Poncirus trifoliata (L.) Raf. Sylva Tellur.: 143 (1838).
Bilacus trifoliata (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 99 (1891).
Citrus trifolia Thunb. Fl. Jap.: 294 (1784).
Citrus trifoliata subf. monstrosa (T.Itô) M.Hiroe Forest Pl. Hist. Jap. Islands 1: 209 (1974).
Citrus trifoliata var. monstrosa T.Itô Encycl. Jap. 2: 1056 (1909).
Citrus triptera Desf. Tabl. École Bot., ed. 3: 406 (1829).
Poncirus trifoliata f. monstrosa (T.Itô) H.Hara Enum. Spermatophytarum Japon. 3: 30 (1954).
Poncirus trifoliata var. monstrosa (T.Itô) Swingle in L.H.Bailey, Stand. Cycl. Hort. 5: 2752 (1916).
Pseudaegle sepiaria (DC.) Miq. Ann. Mus. Bot. Lugduno-Batavi 2: 83 (1865).
Pseudaegle trifoliata (L.) Makino Bot. Mag. (Tokyo) 16: 15 (1902).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Aegle sepiaria	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Citrus trifoliata	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Citrus trifoliata L.	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Poncirus trifoliata	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Poncirus trifoliata (L.) Raf.	Checklist of Korean Cult. Plants (Mun-Chan et al., 1986) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Poncirus trifoliata Rafinesque	Korean Pharmacopoeia, 10th edn. (MFDS, 2012) Korean Pharmacopoeia, 9th edn. (2007) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Poncirus tuifoliata (L.) Raf.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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