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Crataegus pinnatifida Bge. 山楂 (Shanzha, Hawthorn Fruit)

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Dietary Chinese Herbs

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Shanzha, known as the Hawthorn fruit in English, is one of the common traditional Chinese medicines, which was first recorded in Tang Materia Medica. Shanzha is the dried ripe fruit of Crataegus pinnatifida Bge. var major N.E.Br., or C. pinnatifida Bge. belonging to the family Rosaceae. Additionally, the fruits of 8 other Crataegus species including C. cuneata Sieb. Et Zucc., C. scabrifolia, C. hupehensis, C. kansuensis Sarg., C. sanguinea, C. matiouiczii Scgneid, C. wilsonii Sarg., and C. Altaca (Loud.) Lange, were used as conventional varieties of Hawthorn in many places of China.

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  2. Inst. of Chinese Materia Medica, China Academy of Chinese Medical Sciences, Beijing, China

    Zhimin Wang

  3. Aquatic and Crop Resource Development, National Research Council of Canada, Halifax, Canada

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Wang, C. (2015). Crataegus pinnatifida Bge. 山楂 (Shanzha, Hawthorn Fruit). In: Liu, Y., Wang, Z., Zhang, J. (eds) Dietary Chinese Herbs. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-211-99448-1_41

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