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Accession Data:

Sinomenium acutum (Thunb.) Rehd. et. Wils.

  • Common Name: Chinese Moonseed
  • Family: Menispermaceae Juss

  • Country of Origin: E. Asia - China, Japan.
  • Habitat: Thickets and sparse forests to 1500 metres in western China

  • Uses: Roots contain sinomenine, an alkaloid traditionally used in herbal medicine in these countries, as a treatment for rheumatism and arthritis.2

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Accession Data:

  • Accession # 199800155
  • Source: Bonn BG - Index Seminum
  • Accession Date: 10-02-1998
  • Bench: 2302 - Temperate Asia - Low
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 1 confirmed on 04-26-2022

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: eudicots
  • Order: Ranunculales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Menispermaceae
  • SubFamily: Menispermoideae
  • Tribe: Menispermeae
  • SubTribe:

Flowering Data:

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References (internal):

  • Medicinal Plants

References (external):

  1. Plants For A Future Website
  2. Wikipedia entry for sinomenine
  3. Wefferling, K.M., Hoot, S.B. and Neves, S.S.; Phylogeny and fruit evolution in Menispermaceae; Am. J. Bot. May 2013 vol. 100 no. 5 883-905

data regenerated on Fri, 17 Feb 2023 15:30:51 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

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Current Accessions in the Menispermaceae

Subfamily Menispermoideae
Tribe Menispermeae

  • Sinomenium acutum

Subfamily Menispermoideae
Tribe Tiliacoreae

  • Chondrodendron tomentosum
  • Cocculus laurifolius
  • Stephania cyanantha W/C
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