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KINGDOM:Plantae || PHYLUM:Tracheophyta || CLASS:Magnoliopsida || ORDER:Saxifragales || FAMILY:芍药科 Paeoniaceae || GENUS: 芍药属 Paeonia

牡丹 Paeonia suffruticosa Andrews

Accepted name Paeonia × suffruticosa Andrews (Paeoniaceae) WCVP · exact match
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《中国植物志》|| 毛茛科 RANUNCULACEAE ||牡丹组 Sect. Moutan DC. ||牡丹 Paeonia suffruticosa Andrews

1.牡丹(神农本草经)图版1:1-3
Paeonia suffruticosa Andr. in Bot. Rep. 6: t. 373. 1804;陈嵘, 中国树木分类学, 261. 图193. 1937; Stern, Stud. Gen. Paeonia 40. 1946, p. p.; 方文培, 植物分类学报7 (4): 302. 1958; 中国高等植物图鉴1: 651. 图1301. 1972.——P. noutan Sims in Curtis's Bot. Mag. 29: t. 1154. 1808.——P. yunnanensis Fang, 植物分类学报7 (4): 306, pl. 612. 1958.——P. decomoosita Hand. -Mazz. in Acta Hort. Gothob. 13: 39. 1939.
落叶灌木。茎高达2米;分枝短而粗。叶通常为二回三出复叶,偶尔近枝顶的叶为3小叶;顶生小叶宽卵形,长7-8厘米,宽5.5-7厘米,3裂至中部,裂片不裂或2-3浅裂,表面绿色,无毛,背面淡绿色,有时具白粉,沿叶脉疏生短柔毛或近无毛,小叶柄长1.2-3厘米;侧生小叶狭卵形或长圆状卵形,长4.5-6.5厘米,宽2.5-4厘米,不等2裂至3浅裂或不裂,近无柄;叶柄长5-11厘米,和叶轴均无毛。花单生枝顶,直径10-17厘米;花梗长4-6厘米;苞片5,长椭圆形,大小不等;萼片5,绿色,宽卵形,大小不等;花瓣5,或为重瓣,玫瑰色、红紫色、粉红色至白色,通常变异很大,倒卵形,长5-8厘米,宽4.2-6厘米,顶端呈不规则的波状;雄蕊长1-1.7厘米,花丝紫红色、粉红色,上部白色,长约1.3厘米,花药长圆形,长4毫米;花盘革质,杯状,紫红色,顶端有数个锐齿或裂片,完全包住心皮,在心皮成熟时开裂;心皮5,稀更多,密生柔毛。蓇葖长圆形,密生黄褐色硬毛。花期5月;果期6月。
可能由产我国陕西延安一带的矮牡丹P. suffruticosa var. spontanea引种而来。目前全国栽培甚广,并早已引种国外。在栽培类型中,主要根据花的颜色,可分成上百个品种。
根皮供药用,称“丹皮”;为镇痉药,能凉血散瘀,治中风、腹痛等症。
P. moutan ssp. atava Bruhl的模式标本采自我国西藏南部(春丕),根据原始记载和图,其密被毛的心皮和全包住心皮的革质花盘,应属于牡丹P. suffruticosa,但小叶和花、侧生小叶2至3浅裂(顶生小叶卵形或椭圆状长圆形,长3-4厘米,宽2-3厘米,侧生小叶宽卵形,长2-4.5厘米,宽1.2-3厘米;花直径10-11厘米)都与P. suffruticosa有不同。看来,确实属于P. suffruticosa这个种内的一个类群,但至今我们未见到标本。


Source 中国植物物种信息数据库

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根皮供药用,治中风、头痛,并为散恶血、顺血脉要药。主治头痛、腰痛、关节痛等。并用于月经不调及产后诸病。
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Plant use records
Chinese name Vernacular name Plant Ethnic group Use Source
牡丹皮 牡丹皮 牡丹皮 Paeonia suffruticosa Andr. Medicinal 中国药典2020
牡丹花 牡丹花 牡丹花 Paeonia suffruticosa Andr. Medicinal 中华本草


Historical formulas containing this species
Use in historical formulas by period (2682 formulas in total)
Use in historical formulas by periodPre-Qin: 0Pre-QinHan: 2121HanWei–Jin & N–S: 66Wei–Jin& N–SSui–Tang & Five Dynasties: 8686Sui–Tang& Five DynastiesSong: 680680SongJin–Yuan: 6262Jin–YuanMing: 650650MingQing: 11771177Qing




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
Unique Ornamental Plant Genetic Resources and Breeding in China Zhang, Qi-Xiang; Pan, Hui-Tang; Sun, Ming; Yang, Wei-Yu; Wang, Jia XXVIII INTERNATIONAL HORTICULTURAL CONGRESS ON SCIENCE AND HORTICULTURE FOR PEOPLE (IHC2010): INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON ADVANCES IN ORNAMENTALS, LANDSCAPE AND URBAN HORTICULTURE 2012
Screening of medicinal plant extracts for antioxidant activity Lee, SE; Hwang, HJ; Ha, JS; Jeong, HS; Kim, JH LIFE SCIENCES MAY 30 2003
Anti-proliferative effects of paeonol on human prostate cancer cell lines DU145 and PC-3 Xu, Yi; Zhu, Jian-yong; Lei, Zhang-ming; Wan, Li-jun; Zhu, Xiu-wen; Ye, Feng; Tong, Yan-yue JOURNAL OF PHYSIOLOGY AND BIOCHEMISTRY MAY 2017
The anti-inflammation effect of Moutan Cortex on advanced glycation end products-induced rat mesangial cells dysfunction and High-glucose-fat diet and streptozotocin-induced diabetic nephropathy rats Zhang, Ming-hua; Feng, Liang; Zhu, Mao-mao; Gu, Jun-fei; Jiang, Jun; Cheng, Xu-dong; Ding, Shu-ming; Wu, Chan; Jia, Xiao-bin JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY JAN 10 2014
The resveratrol oligomers, cis- and trans-gnetin H, from Paeonia suffruticosa seeds inhibit the growth of several human cancer cell lines Gao, Ying; He, Chunnian; Ran, Ran; Zhang, Dabing; Li, Dawei; Xiao, Pei-Gen; Altman, Elliot JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY JUL 1 2015
Resveratrol oligomers from Paeonia suffruticosa protect mice against cognitive dysfunction by regulating cholinergic, antioxidant and anti-inflammatory pathways Liu, Shuangshuang; Li, Yue; Yi, Fan; Liu, Qing; Chen, Naihong; He, Xiaoli; He, Chunnian; Xiao, Peigen JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY OCT 5 2020
Metabolomics coupled with SystemsDock reveal the protective effect and the potential active components of Naozhenning granule against traumatic brain injury Cao, Jianhua; Duan, Yahui; Liu, Yanzhi; Liu, Haixia; Wei, Chunhong; Wang, Jiang; Qin, Xuemei; Wang, Xuwen; Li, Zhenyu JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY JAN 10 2020
The effect of Liuwei Dihuang decoction on PI3K/Akt signaling pathway in liver of type 2 diabetes mellitus (T2DM) rats with insulin resistance Dai, Bing; Wu, Qinxuan; Zeng, Chengxi; Zhang, Jiani; Cao, Luting; Xiao, Zizeng; Yang, Menglin JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY NOV 4 2016
Integrative therapy decreases the risk of lupus nephritis in patients with systemic lupus erythematosus: A population-based retrospective cohort study Chang, Ching-Mao; Wu, Po-Chang; Chiang, Jen-Huai; Wei, Yau-Huei; Chen, Fang-Pey; Chen, Tzeng-Ji; Pan, Tai-Long; Yen, Hung-Rong; Chang, Hen-Hong JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY JAN 20 2017
Terpene glycoside component from Moutan Cortex ameliorates diabetic nephropathy by regulating endoplasmic reticulum stress-related inflammatory responses Chen, Juan; Hou, Xue-feng; Wang, Gang; Zhong, Qing-xiang; Liu, Ying; Qiu, Hui-hui; Yang, Nan; Gu, Jun-fei; Wang, Chun-fei; Zhang, Li; Song, Jie; Huang, Lu-qi; Jia, Xiao-bin; Zhang, Ming-hua; Feng, Liang JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY DEC 4 2016
The effects of Liuwei Dihuang on canonical Wnt/beta-catenin signaling pathway in osteoporosis Xia, Bingjiang; Xu, Bing; Sun, Yan; Xiao, Luwei; Pan, Jiafei; Jin, Hongting; Tong, Peijian JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY APR 11 2014
Traditional Chinese medicine Guizhi Fuling capsule used for therapy of dysmenorrhea via attenuating uterus contraction Sun, Lan; Liu, Lina; Zong, Shaobo; Wang, Zhengzhong; Zhou, Jun; Xu, Zhiliang; Ding, Gang; Xiao, Wei; Kou, Junping JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY SEP 15 2016
Jin Gui Shen Qi Wan, a traditional Chinese medicine, alleviated allergic airway hypersensitivity and inflammatory cell infiltration in a chronic asthma mouse model Kao, Shung-Te; Wang, Shulhn-Der; Lin, Chih-Che; Lin, Li-Jen JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY DEC 5 2018
Cis- and Trans-gnetin H from Paeonia suffruticosa suppress inhibitor kappa B kinase phosphorylation in LPS-stimulated human THP-1 cells Park, Hyo S.; Vick, Eric J.; Gao, Ying; He, Chunnian; Almosnid, Nadin Marwan; Farone, Mary; Farone, Anthony L. JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY AUG 2 2016
Liuwei Dihuang decoction facilitates the induction of long-term potentiation (LTP) in senescence accelerated mouse/prone 8 (SAMP8) hippocampal slices by inhibiting voltage-dependent calcium channels (VDCCs) and promoting N-methyl-D-aspartate receptor (NMDA) receptors Huang, Yan; Zhang, Heping; Yang, Sheng; Qiao, Haifa; Zhou, Wenxia; Zhang, Yongxiang JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY MAR 27 2012
Medicinal ethnobotany research on Paeonia sect.Moutan through textual evidence Long Zhengli; Yang Lixin; Yang Rong; Lang Bayi; Wang Juan Guihaia 2021
Wound Healing and the Use of Medicinal Plants Shedoeva, Aleksandra; Leavesley, David; Upton, Zee; Fan, Chen EVIDENCE-BASED COMPLEMENTARY AND ALTERNATIVE MEDICINE SEP 22 2019
Inhibitory effect of anti-pyretic and anti-inflammatory herbs on herpes simplex virus replication Hsiang, CY; Hsieh, CL; Wu, SL; Lai, IL; Ho, TY AMERICAN JOURNAL OF CHINESE MEDICINE NOV 2001
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