Rutaceae FAMILY

Phellodendron amurense

Edibility

1/5

Medicinal

3/5

Safety & Hazards

The bark contains berberine, a bitter-tasting alkaloid which, in small quantities, has a range of effective medicinal applications but, in excess, can cause vomiting, lowered blood pressure, reduced heart rate, lethargy, and other ill-effects.

Botanical Description

Phellodendron amurense is a deciduous tree with a rounded, broad-spreading crown; it can grow from 10 - 16 metres tall. The bole is usually short, with loe, horizontal branching that can dip to touch the ground The tree has a deeply fissured, corky bark[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. , 352 Title KemperCentreForHomeGardeningPlantFinder Publication Author Website http://www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/plantfinder/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Year 0 ISBN Description Basic cultivation details, plant uses, habitat etc for several thousand species of plants, mainly from the temperate zone. , 1068 Title Medicinal Plants in China - A selection of 150 commonly used species. Publication Author Publisher World health Organisation; Manila Year 1997 ISBN 92-9061-102-2 Description Brief guide to 150 medicinal herbs of China ]. A popular and commonly used herbal medicine in eastern Asia, where the tree is harvested from the wild and also often cultivated and traded. The plant has also been grown in the past for the yellow dye obtained from its bark, and is often grown as an ornamental. This tree has escaped cultivation in parts of the northeastern U.S.A., where it is somewhat aggressively spreading into some native hardwood forest areas[ 352 Title KemperCentreForHomeGardeningPlantFinder Publication Author Website http://www.mobot.org/gardeninghelp/plantfinder/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Year 0 ISBN Description Basic cultivation details, plant uses, habitat etc for several thousand species of plants, mainly from the temperate zone. ]..

Habitat & Origin

Origintemperate

Native RangeE. Asia - Russian Far East, eastern China, Japan, Korea, Vietnam

HabitatForests in valleys and on mountains[ 74 Title Flora of the USSR. Publication Author Komarov. V. L. Website http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org Publisher Israel Program for Scientific Translation Year 1968 ISBN - Description An immense (25 or more large volumes) and not yet completed translation of the Russian flora. Full of information on plant uses and habitats but heavy going for casual readers. It can be downloaded from the Internet. ]. Montane forests and thickets, river valleys[ 266 Title Flora of China Publication Author Website http://flora.huh.harvard.edu/china/ Publisher Missouri Botanical Garden Press; St. Louis. Year 1994 ISBN Description An excellent, comprehensive resource in 25 volumes. In addition to the botanical information the flora also gives basic information on habitat and some uses. An on-line version is also available. ].