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