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Tripterygium
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Tripterygium

Tripterygium is a genus of plants in the family Celastraceae. It includes three species of lianas or scrambling shrubs native to Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan, Vietnam, and Myanmar. Tripterygium wilfordii is used in Traditional Chinese medicine.

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3 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Tripterygium wilfordii

speciesTripterygium wilfordii

Regel's Threewingnut

speciesTripterygium regelii

Tripterygium doianum

speciesTripterygium doianum

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In the old herbals & bestiaries

Tripterygium in Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 33)

Illustrated Compendium of Materia Medica (Vol. 33)

吳其濬 · 1848 · p.33

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 499125.