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Ethnobotany of China

KINGDOM:Plantae || PHYLUM:Tracheophyta || CLASS:Magnoliopsida || ORDER:Fabales || FAMILY:豆科 Fabaceae || GENUS: 紫荆属 Cercis

紫荆(原变型) Cercis chinensis Bunge

Accepted name Cercis chinensis Bunge (Fabaceae) WCVP · exact match
Catalogue of Life China 紫荆 (differs from the Chinese name in this database)
Flora treatments

《中国植物志》|| 豆科 LEGUMINOSAE ||紫荆属 Cercis Linn. ||紫荆 Cercis chinensis Bunge

4.紫荆(开宝本草)裸枝树(中国主要植物图说——豆科),紫珠(本草拾遗)图版48: 5-7
Cercis chinensis Bunge in Mem. Acad. Sci. St. petersb. Sav. Etrang. 2: 95. 1833: H. Li. in Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 7k: 423. k944. (excl. spec. brevi racem. et majore fr. purpureo)——C. pauciflora Li, op. cit. 425. ——C. chinensis Bunge f. rosea Hsu in Acta Phytotax. Sin. 193. 1966.
丛生或单生灌木,高2-5米;树皮和小枝灰白色。叶纸质,近圆形或三角状圆形,长5-10厘米,宽与长相若或略短于长,先端急尖,基部浅至深心形,两面通常无毛,嫩叶绿色,仅叶柄略带紫色,叶缘膜质透明,新鲜时明显可见。花紫红色或粉红色,2-10余朵成束,簇生于老枝和主干上,尤以主干上花束较多,越到上部幼嫩枝条则花越少,通常先于叶开放,但嫩枝或幼株上的花则与叶同时开放,花长1-1.3厘米;花梗长3-9毫米;龙骨瓣基部具深紫色斑纹;子房嫩绿色,花蕾时光亮无毛,后期则密被短柔毛,有胚珠6-7颗。荚果扁狭长形,绿色,长4-8厘米,宽1-1.2厘米,翅宽约1.5毫米,先端急尖或短渐尖,喙细而弯曲,基部长渐尖,两侧缝线对称或近对称;果颈长2-4毫米;种子2-6颗,阔长圆形,长5-6毫米,宽约4毫米,黑褐色,光亮。花期3-4月;果期8-10月。
产我国东南部,北至河北,南至广东、广西,西至云南、四川,西北至陕西,东至浙江、江苏和山东等省区。为一常见的栽培植物,多植于庭园、屋旁、寺街边,少数生于密林或石灰岩地区。模式标本采自北京(栽培植物)。
本种是一美丽的木本花卉植物。树皮可入药,有清热解毒,活血行气,消肿止痛之功效,可治产后血气痛、疗疮肿毒、喉痹;花可治风湿筋骨痛。


Source 中国植物物种信息数据库


Plant use records
Chinese name Vernacular name Plant Ethnic group Use Source
紫荆 奴紫金Nugs zix jenh,华紫金(Wap zix jenh) 紫荆 Cercis chinensis Bunge Dong medicine Ethnomedicinal 《侗医学》
紫荆木 紫荆木 紫荆木 Cercis chinensis Bunge Medicinal 中华本草
紫荆果 紫荆果 紫荆果 Cercis chinensis Bunge Medicinal 中华本草
紫荆根 紫荆根 紫荆根 Cercis chinensis Bunge Medicinal 中华本草
紫荆皮 紫荆皮 紫荆皮 Cercis chinensis Bunge Medicinal 中华本草
紫荆花 紫荆花 紫荆花 Cercis chinensis Bunge Medicinal 中华本草


Historical formulas containing this species
Use in historical formulas by period (4 formulas in total)
Use in historical formulas by periodPre-Qin: 0Pre-QinHan: 0HanWei–Jin & N–S: 0Wei–Jin& N–SSui–Tang & Five Dynasties: 0Sui–Tang& Five DynastiesSong: 11SongJin–Yuan: 0Jin–YuanMing: 11MingQing: 22Qing




Wild economic plants of the Qinghai–Tibet Plateau (field survey)
Plant name Local name Family Life form Part used Folk use Voucher Locality Ethnic group Region

Research papers
Title Authors Journal Date
Development of phenological models for simulating past flowering phenology of typical ornamental plants in China Zhong Shuying; Ge Quansheng; Dai Junhu; Wang Huanjiong Resources Science 2017
Protective Effect of Some Medicinal Plants on tert-Butyl Hydroperoxide-Induced Oxidative Stress in Human Keratinocytes MinKyun, Na,; ???; ???; ???; ??? Natural Product Sciences JUN 2019
Preliminary research of insecticidal activities of fourteen chinese meterial medicines Ding Wei; Zhang Yongqiang; Chen Shijiang; Zhao Zhaimo; Zhu Yuzhen Journal of Southwest Agricultural University 2003
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