Chinese: wu zhu yu
English: evodia fruit
Pharmaceutical: Evodiae Fructus
Properties: Acrid, bitter, hot, slightly toxic
Standard Species: Evodia rutaecarpa (Juss.) Benth., Evodia rutaecarpa (Juss.) Benth. var. offinalis (Dode) Huang, Evodia rutaecarpa (Juss.) Benth. var. bodinieri (Dode) Huang
Evodia rutaecarpa Hook. et Themsn – Naito Medicinal Herbal Garden, Gifu, Japan (Photo by TH. Tanaka)
Evodia rutaecarpa Bentham – Morino Medicinal Herb Garden, Nara, Japan (Photo by TH. Tanaka)
Coloured plate of Boymia rutaecarpa A. Juss. In Flora Japonica by Siebold, P.F. von and Zuccarini, J.G., 1835-1870