Details of Medicinal Plants

Medicinal Evodia

Tetradium ruticarpum (Juss.) T.G.Hartley Rutaceae

This species is found in Eastern Himalaya and South-Central China. It is a deciduous and dioecious shrub growing to 3 meters in height. The flowering period in Japan is late August. Its fruit and leaves have a characteristic fragrance.

Part used: fruit
Medicinal use: analgesia
Main component: evodiamine

This plant produces clusters of small green white flowers.

The name of the herbal medicine is "Euodia Fruit". The taste is spicy and bitter.