Y Cai1, Y Chen, C Fan. 1. Jiangxi College of TCM, Nanchang 330006.
Abstract
OBJECTIVE: To sort out the main original plants of Chinese drugs Zhiqiao and Zhishi. METHOD: Investigating the medicinal plant resources in the growing area and conducting morphological identification of more than 40 pieces of these two commercial drugs. RESULT: A taxonomic table, a distribution table and a commercial drug identification table are given. CONVLUSION: The Chinese medicinal plants Zhiqiao and Zhishi originated from Citrus aurantium and its varieties C. aurantium "Xiucheng", C. aurantium "Xiangcheng" and Poncirus trifoliata x C. aurantium, some other plants from Citrus genus and Poncirus trifoliata are taken as the origin of Zhiqiao and Zhishi only in a few areas.
OBJECTIVE: To sort out the main original plants of Chinese drugs Zhiqiao and Zhishi. METHOD: Investigating the medicinal plant resources in the growing area and conducting morphological identification of more than 40 pieces of these two commercial drugs. RESULT: A taxonomic table, a distribution table and a commercial drug identification table are given. CONVLUSION: The Chinese medicinal plants Zhiqiao and Zhishi originated from Citrus aurantium and its varieties C. aurantium "Xiucheng", C. aurantium "Xiangcheng" and Poncirus trifoliata x C. aurantium, some other plants from Citrus genus and Poncirus trifoliata are taken as the origin of Zhiqiao and Zhishi only in a few areas.