Eleutherococcus brachypus

Eleutherococcus brachypus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Asterids
Order: Apiales
Family: Araliaceae
Subfamily: Aralioideae
Genus: Eleutherococcus
Species: E. brachypus
Binomial name
Eleutherococcus brachypus
(Harms) Nakai, Fl. Sylv. Kor. 16: 27. 1927
Synonyms

Acanthopanax brachypus

Eleutherococcus brachypus (Chinese: 短柄五加 duan bing wu jia) is a plant species in the genus Eleutherococcus endemic to China; it is found on scrub fields and roadsides on mountain slopes in Gansu, Ningxia, and Shaanxi provinces.[1] It contains acetylated stilbenoid glucosides.[2]

References

  1. "Eleutherococcus brachypus". Flora of China. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA. Retrieved 16 July 2014.
  2. Acylated Stilbene Glucosides and Further Constituents from Acanthopanax brachypus. Hao-Bin Hu, Xu-Dong Zheng, Huai-Sheng Hu and Yan Li, Helvetica Chimica Acta, 2009, Vol. 92, pages 546-554, doi:10.1002/hlca.200800331