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Medicinal

Epimedium L. is the largest herbaceous genus of the Berberidaceae with its distribution centre and diversity centre in China. Epimedium plants have been used as Chinese herbal medicines for more than 2000 years. Five Epimedium species, E. sagittatum Maxim., E. pubescens Maxim., E. brevicornu Maxim., E. koreanum Nakai and E. wushanense T. S. Ying, are included in Chinese Pharmacopoeia (Chinese Pharmacopoeia Commission, 2020).
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC9476710/

In Traditional Chinese Medicine, herbal Epimedium is prepared from the dried aerial parts of Epimedium wushanense T.S. Ying. (E. wushanense), Epimedium sagittatum Maxim (E. sagittatum), Epimedium brevicornum Maxim (E. brevicornum), Epimedium koreanum Nakai (E. koreanum) and Epimedium pubescens Maxim (E. pubescens) in Sichuan Province, Shanxi Province, Liaoning Province, and Gansu Province in China.
Pei L.K., Guo B.L., Sun S.Q., Huang W.H. [Study on the identification of some species of Herba Epimedii with FTIR] Guang Pu Xue Yu Guang Pu Fen Xi. 2008;28:55–60. https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10665689/

Geographical distribution

  • Asia-Temperate, China

Epimedium wushanense T. S. Ying

Family: BERBERIDACEAE
Genus: Epimedium
Species: wushanense T. S. Ying
Distribution summary: China
Habit: Perennial
Hardiness: H4 - Hardy; average winter
Garden status: Currently grown
Garden location: Far East (L)
Flowering months: April, May
Reason for growing: Medicinal


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