Rengyo

Rengyo 2

Chinese: lian qiao

English: forsythia fruit

Pharmaceutical: Forsythiae Fructus

Properties: Bitter, slightly cold

Standard Species: Forsythia suspensa (Thunb.) Vahl., Forsythia viridissima Lindley (Oleaceae)

Forsythia suspensa Vahl – Nakatomi Memorial Medicinal Garden, Saga, Japan (Photo by TH. Tanaka)

 

Forsythia suspensa Vahl – – Kenmotsudai Arboretum, Kumamoto, Japan (Photo by TH. Tanaka)

Forsythia suspensa (Thunb.) Vahl.

Coloured plate of Forsythia suspensa (Thunb.) Vahl. In Flora Japonica by Siebold, P.F. von and Zuccarini, J.G., 1835-1870