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KINGDOM:Plantae || PHYLUM:Tracheophyta || CLASS:Magnoliopsida || ORDER:Lamiales || FAMILY:木犀科 Oleaceae || GENUS: 连翘属 Forsythia

连翘 Forsythia suspensa (Thunb.) Vahl

Accepted name Forsythia suspensa (Thunb.) Vahl (Oleaceae) WCVP · exact match
Catalogue of Life China 连翘
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《中国植物志》|| 木犀科 OLEACEAE ||连翘属 Forsythia Vahl ||连翘 Forsythia suspensa (Thunb.) Vahl

1.连翘(尔雅疏)黄花杆、黄寿丹(河南)
Forsythia suspensa (Thunb.) Vahl, Enum. pl. 1; 39. 1804; Sieb. & Zucc. Fl. Jap. 1:12, t. 3. 1835, incl. var. a & β. ; W. J. Hook. in Curtas's Bot. Mag. 83: t. 4995. 1857; Anonymous in Gard. Chron. n. ser. 9: 468, f. 80. 1878; Hemsl. in Journ. Linn. Soc. Bot, 26: 82. 1889; Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubh. 2: 771. 1911, incl. var. a. & βvar. β.; Lingelsh. in Engl. Pflanzenr. 72: (IV-243); 112. 1920, incl. var.α. & β.; Markgraf in Mitt. Deutsch. Dendr. Ges. 42: 2. 1930;陈嵘, 中国树木分类学1036, 图921. 1937; Rehd. Bibl. Cult. Trees & Shrubs 563. 1949 et Man. Cult. Trees & Shrubs ed. 5, 775. 1951, incl. var. sieboldii & var. fortunei; G. P. De Wolf & R. S. Hebb in Arnoldia 31(1); 42. 1971, incl. var. sieboldii & var. fortunei; 中国高等植物图鉴3: 347, 图4648. 1974; 秦岭植物志1 (4); 75, 图74. 1983; 云南植物志4: 613, 图版174, 1-3. 1986. ——Ligustrum suspensum Thunb. in Nov. Act. Soc. Sci. Upsal 3: 207. 209. 1780. ——Syringa suspensa Thunb. Fl. Jap. 19, t. 3. 1784. ——F. fortunei Lindl. in Gard. Chron. 1864: 412. 1864; Dipp. Handb. Laubh. 1; 110, f. 64. 1889, "F. fortunei".——F. suspensa var. sieboldii Zabel in Gartenfl. 34; 36. 1885. ——F. sieboldii Dipp. Handb. Laudb. 1; 109, f. 63, 1889.——F. suspensa var. fortunei (Lindl.) Rehd. in Gartenfl. 40: 398, f. 82, 7-9. 1891, "a". ——F. suspensa var. fortunei f. typica Koehne in Gartenfl. 55: 204, f. 22a. 1906; Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubh. 2: 771. 1911; Lingelsh. in Engl. Pflanzenr. 72 (IV-243); 112. 1920; Markgraf in Mitt. Deutsch. Dendr. Ges. 42: 4. 1930. ——F. suspensa var. latifolia Rehd. in Sargent, Pl. Wils. 1; 302. 1912; Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubh. 2: 1062. 1912; Lingelsh. in Engl. Pflanzenr. 72 (IV-243); 112. 1920, " var. γ.". ——Rangium suspensum (Thunb.) Ohwi in Acta Phytotax. Geobot. 1; 140. 1932. ——F. suspensa var. angustifolia Jien in Sched.
落叶灌木。枝开展或下垂,棕色、棕褐色或淡黄褐色,小枝土黄色或灰褐色,略呈四棱形,疏生皮孔,节间中空,节部具实心髓。叶通常为单叶,或3裂至三出复叶,叶片卵形、宽卵形或椭圆状卵形至椭圆形,长2-10厘米,宽1.5-5厘米,先端锐尖,基部圆形、宽楔形至楔形,叶缘除基部外具锐锯齿或粗锯齿,上面深绿色,下面淡黄绿色,两面无毛;叶柄长0.8-1.5厘米,无毛。花通常单生或2至数朵着生于叶腋,先于叶开放;花梗长5-6毫米;花萼绿色,裂片长圆形或长圆状椭圆形,长(5-)6-7毫米,先端钝或锐尖,边缘具睫毛,与花冠管近等长;花冠黄色,裂片倒卵状长圆形或长圆形,长1.2-2厘米,宽6-10毫米;在雌蕊长5-7毫米花中,雄蕊长3-5毫米,在雄蕊长6-7毫米的花中,雌蕊长约3毫米。果卵球形、卵状椭圆形或长椭圆形,长1.2-2.5厘米,宽0.6-1.2厘米,先端喙状渐尖,表面疏生皮孔;果梗长0.7-1.5厘米。花期3-4月,果期7-9月。
产于河北、山西、陕西、山东、安徽西部、河南、湖北、四川。生山坡灌丛、林下或草丛中,或山谷、山沟疏林中,海拔250-2 200米。我国除华南地区外,其他各地均有栽培,日本也有栽培。最初是根据栽种在日本庭园中的植物发表的。
本种除果实入药,具清热解毒、消结排脓之效外,药用其叶,对治疗高血压、痢疾、咽喉痛等效果较好。


Source 中国植物物种信息数据库

Economic plants
Medicinal plants
果实入药。有清热解毒、散结、消肿、排脓及利尿的作用;治热病初起、痈肿疮伤、瘰症、丹毒、淋病等症。
[中国经济植物志282. 连翘 ( lianqiao )]

Oil and fat plants
种子油可制香皂及化妆品,也是制造油漆的原料。
枝条细长而柔软,可编条筐。果实可作药(见“药用类”,1857页)。
[中国经济植物志354. 连翘 ( lianqiao )]


Plant use records
Chinese name Vernacular name Plant Ethnic group Use Source
连翘 连翘 连翘 Forsythia suspensa (Thunb. ) Vahl Medicinal 中华本草


Historical formulas containing this species
Use in historical formulas by period (2497 formulas in total)
Use in historical formulas by periodPre-Qin: 0Pre-QinHan: 22HanWei–Jin & N–S: 55Wei–Jin& N–SSui–Tang & Five Dynasties: 4949Sui–Tang& Five DynastiesSong: 255255SongJin–Yuan: 127127Jin–YuanMing: 989989MingQing: 10701070Qing




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
Species and distribution of Alternaria on medicinal plants in Gansu Province(Ⅱ) Wang Yan; Chen Xiurong; Yang Chengde Plant Protection 2013
Influence of traditional Chinese anti-inflammatory medicinal plants on leukocyte and platelet functions Prieto, JM; Recio, MC; Giner, RM; Manez, S; Giner-Larza, EM; Rios, JL JOURNAL OF PHARMACY AND PHARMACOLOGY SEP 2003
Drought resistances and leaf structures of five Oleaceae ornamental plants in Yan''an Liu Hongru; Feng Yongzhong; Wang Dexiang; Cui Hongan Journal of Northwest A & F University. Natural Science Edition 2013
Lonicerin, an anti-algE flavonoid against Pseudomonas aeruginosa virulence screened from Shuanghuanglian formula by molecule docking based strategy Xu, Zhongren; Li, Kun; Pan, Taowen; Liu, Jing; Li, Bin; Li, Chuanxun; Wang, Shouyu; Diao, Yunpeng; Liu, Xinguang JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY JUL 15 2019
Antidiabetic and antihyperlipidemic activities of Forsythia suspensa (Thunb.) Vahl (fruit) in streptozotocin-induced diabetes mice Zhang, Yanyan; Feng, Fu; Chen, Ting; Li, Zhongwen; Shen, Qingwu W. JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY NOV 4 2016
Phytochemistry, pharmacology, quality control and future research of Forsythia suspensa (Thunb.) Vahl: A review Wang, Zhaoyi; Xia, Qing; Liu, Xin; Liu, Wenxue; Huang, Wanzhen; Mei, Xue; Luo, Jun; Shon, Mingxu; Lin, Ruichao; Zou, Dixin; Ma, Zhiqiang JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY JAN 10 2018
Antiviral effect of forsythoside A from Forsythia suspensa (Thunb.) Vahl fruit against influenza A virus through reduction of viral M1 protein Law, Anna Hing-Yee; Yang, Cindy Lai-Hung; Lau, Allan Sik-Yin; Chan, Godfrey Chi-Fung JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY SEP 14 2017
The effect of medicinal plants used in Chinese folk medicine on RANTES secretion by virus-infected human epithelial cells Ko, Han-Chieh; Wei, Bai-Luh; Chiou, Wen-Fei JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY SEP 19 2006
Identifying Chinese herbal medicine network for treating acne: Implications from a nationwide database Chen, Hsing-Yu; Lin, Yi-Hsuan; Chen, Yu-Chun JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY FEB 17 2016
Anti-inflammatory activity of the decoction of Forsythia suspensa (Thunb.) Vahl is related to Nrf2 and A20 Lee, Jung Ju; Kim, Kyun Ha; Kim, Eun Jeong; Choi, Jun-Yong; Kim, Sang-Jun; Jeong, Seung-Il; Kim, Jong-In; Joo, Myungsoo JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY DEC 5 2018
Hepatoprotective effect of Forsythiae Fructus water extract against carbon tetrachloride-induced liver fibrosis in mice Zhang, Yi; Miao, Hui; Yan, Hongyu; Sheng, Yuchen; Ji, Lili JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY OCT 2017
Hepatoprotective effect of forsythiaside a against acetaminophen-induced liver injury in zebrafish: Coupling network pharmacology with biochemical pharmacology Gong, Lihong; Zhou, Honglin; Wang, Cheng; He, Linfeng; Guo, Chaocheng; Peng, Cheng; Li, Yunxia JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY MAY 10 2021
Forsythiae Fructuse water extract attenuates liver fibrosis via TLR4/MyD88/NF-kappa B and TGF-beta/smads signaling pathways Hu, Naihua; Guo, Chaocheng; Dai, Xuyang; Wang, Cheng; Gong, Lihong; Yu, Lingyuan; Peng, Cheng; Li, Yunxia JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY NOV 15 2020
Phillygenin inhibits LPS-induced activation and inflammation of LX2 cells by TLR4/MyD88/NF-kappa B signaling pathway Hu, Naihua; Wang, Cheng; Dai, Xuyang; Zhou, Mengting; Gong, Lihong; Yu, Lingyuan; Peng, Cheng; Li, Yunxia JOURNAL OF ETHNOPHARMACOLOGY FEB 10 2020
in vitro Antibacterial Activities of Antibiotics and Traditional Chinese Medicinal Herb Extracts on Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus Sun, Hong-Yan; Li, Zeng-Bo; Liu, Wen-Xing; Wang, Xiao-Yun; Zhang, Tian-Jing; Feng, Zhi-Jun ASIAN JOURNAL OF CHEMISTRY JAN 2014
Drought Resistance Evaluation and Leaf Structures of Ten Species of Broad-leaved Ornamental Plants in Yan'' an Urban Area Liu Hongru; Feng Yongzhong; Wang Dexiang; Cui Hongan Acta Botanica Boreali-Occidentalia Sinica 2012
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