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botanical illustration of Callicarpa arborea, Callicarpa arborea

botanical record · discovered

Callicarpa arborea

Callicarpa arborea

no alternate common names documented

At a glance

Origin / distribution: not documented

Cultural traditions: not documented

Recorded uses: Carminative

Science studied: BETULINIC-ACID

Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗

Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.

Names and identity

Family: Lamiaceae

Scientific name: Callicarpa arborea

Common names: not documented

POWO: 861250-1 · WCVP June 2026 / POWO backbone

History

The source record documents this plant in Elsewhere.

It records these historical or traditional applications:

  • Carminative

This summary is limited to the cited source record.

Origins and distribution

  • Elsewhere

Documented cultural uses

  • Carminative

Cultural record detail

These entries are transcribed from the cited ethnobotanical source; they do not represent current advice or a claim of efficacy.

  • Carminative · Elsewhere · "

Contemporary uses

Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.

Scientific research

Indexed records indicate research activity; they do not establish efficacy or safety.

Indexed research records

  • Three New Clerodane Diterpenoids and Their NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation Inhibitory Activity from Callicarpa arborea Roxb. · 2023 source ↗
  • Two New Prostaglandin-Like Compounds from Callicarpa arborea Roxb and Their NLRP3 Inflammasome Activation Inhibitory Activity. · 2023 source ↗
  • The discovery of potentially active diterpenoids to inhibit the pyroptosis from Callicarpa arborea. · 2022 source ↗

Scientific compounds

Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.

  • BETULINIC-ACID

Legality

No exact international trade listing was returned by the CITES checklist for this accepted name. Country-specific law is not assessed here.

Consult the CITES species checklist for current international and national requirements.

Reference images

Callicarpa arborea
Callicarpa arborea · Rohit Naniwadekar

Sources

Plants of the World Online (POWO) · Kew data terms; cite POWO/WCVP

World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) · CC BY 3.0

show claim source mapping
  • identity · DH-SRC-0030
  • documented_uses · DH-SRC-0030
  • compounds · DH-SRC-0030
  • taxonomy · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
  • common_names · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
  • countries · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
  • wfo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0003 · source ↗
  • cultural_records · DH-SRC-0030 · source ↗
  • powo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0001 · source ↗
  • wcvp_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0002 · source ↗

CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive

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