Tetradium ruticarpum

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Tetradium ruticarpum
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T. ruticarpum
Binomial name
Tetradium ruticarpum
(A.Juss.) T.G.Hartley
Synonyms[1]
  • Euodia ruticarpa (A. Juss.) Benth.
  • Evodia ruticarpa (A.Juss.) Hook.f. & Thomson

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Tetradium ruticarpum is a tree that comes from China and Korea. It was previously classified in the genus Euodia as Euodia ruticarpa. The fruit is usually used. It has a strong bitter taste, and is used in traditional Chinese medicine (TCM). Both the former genus name and the species name are often misspelled, and the plant usually appears in sources dealing with traditional Chinese medicine as "Evodia rutaecarpa".

Production

Cultivation

Tetradium ruticarpum is grown mainly in China.

Harvesting

The fruit is picked.

Traditional attributes

In traditional Chinese medicine the herb is described as a fruit.

A number of effects of the herb are described as making you better if you are sick of something.

Contraindications

Don't use if you are allergic.

Biochemical analysis

There has been relatively little scientific study of Tetradium ruticarpum.

Other uses of the fruit include:

  • eating it

References

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