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Medicinal
Pachysandra terminalis Sieb. Et Zucc is widely distributed in Shanxi, Gansu, Sichuan, Hubei, Zhejiang, and other provinces in China (Editorial Committee of Flora of China, 1980). The whole plant of this species is used as a traditional Chinese medicine, known as “Kun Xian Sheng”, for the treatment of rheumatoid arthritis, chronic tracheitis, leg tendon rotation, and leucorrhoea (Zhai et al., 2012; Zhang et al., 2020a,b).
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Geographical distribution
- Asia-Temperate, Eastern Asia, Japan
Pachysandra terminalis Siebold & Zucc.
Family: BUXACEAEGenus: Pachysandra
Species: terminalis Siebold & Zucc.
Common names: Japanese Spurge
Distribution summary: Japan
Habit: Perennial
Hardiness: H6 - Hardy; very cold winter
Habitat: Lowland, open woodland, grassland, scrub and verges
Garden status: Currently grown
Garden location: Far East (L)
Flowering months: April
Reason for growing: Medicinal