- Botanical Name
- Tetradium ruticarpum
Evodia
Details
Tetradium ruticarpum is a tree from China and Korea, formerly placed in the genus Euodia as Euodia ruticarpa. Its fruit is the part usually used, and it has a strong bitter taste. It is used in traditional Chinese medicine and is a recognised herb in Kampo, the Japanese system of herbal medicine, where it is called goshuyu. Goshuyu gives its name to the Kampo preparation goshuyu-tou and is also an ingredient of unkeito. Both the former genus name and the species name are often misspelled, and the plant usually appears in sources on traditional Chinese medicine as Evodia rutaecarpa, so a search by that spelling may find the same plant. The compound evodiamine, named after the former genus, has been reported from it. The Wikipedia page notes that there has been relatively little scientific study of the species.
Correspondences
- Elements
- No elements recorded.
- Celestial Bodies
- No celestial bodies recorded.
- Zodiac Signs
- No zodiac signs recorded.
- Colours
- No colours recorded.
- Deities
- No deities recorded.
Folk Names
- Goshuyu
Categories
- Banishing
- Warding
Substitutes
No substitutes recorded.
Forms
Fruit
References
References
Notes
Bibliography
- Bretschneider, E. Botanicon Sinicum: Notes on Chinese Botany from Native and Western Sources, Part III: Botanical Investigations into the Materia Medica of the Ancient Chinese. 1895. Accessed October 29, 2026. https://archive.org/details/mobot31753000532140. (Year from the title page (1895); the text also prints 'Issued at Shanghai: February 1896'.) Open the Source (opens in a new tab)
1 - Stuart, G. A. Chinese Materia Medica: Vegetable Kingdom. 1911. Accessed October 29, 2026. https://archive.org/details/chinesemateriame00stuauoft. Open the Source (opens in a new tab)
2 - Wikipedia, under "Tetradium ruticarpum." Accessed October 29, 2026. https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tetradium_ruticarpum&oldid=1357245134. Open the Source (opens in a new tab)
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