Accession Data

Sinomenium acutum

Common Name: Chinese Moonseed

Family: Menispermaceae

Country of Origin: E. Asia - China, Japan.

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

Accession Data

Accession #: 199800155

Accession Date: 1998-10-02 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 2302

Quantity: 1

Source: Bonn BG - Index Seminum

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Magnoliopsida

Subclass: eudicots

Order: Ranunculales

Family: Menispermaceae

SubFamily: Menispermoideae

Tribe: Menispermeae

Flowering Data:

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References

  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

Images

Sinomenium acutum