Forsythia suspensa

It contains the lignans Pinoresinol and phillyrin. It can be grown as a weeping shrub on stream banks and can be . This attractive, but variable, shrub is native to China and has been cultivated in China and Japan for a considerable time. Weeping forsythia is native to China and popularly planted in North America for its arching branches that bear numerous, early-blooming, yellow flowers. Its stems can be trained to twine like vines, making for a nice .

Golden 4-petaled flowers appear in . The flowers are hermaphrodite (have both male and female organs) and are pollinated by Insects. The plant is not self-fertile. It is in flower from Mar to April.

Suitable for: light (sandy) , . Nederlandse naam, Hangend chinees klokje. Standplaats, licht schaduw en zon.

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Author information: (1)KM Application Center, Korea Institute of . Verspreiding en ecologie van Hangend chinees klokje. Ligustrum suspensum Thunberg, Nov. Niu, Dendrologia Schensiensis 999. Forsythia viridissima: Leden der takken e. Tigs hollow, with conspicuous lenticels, the youngest slightly 4-angled.

Winter buds lance- ovoi pointed. Leaves - Opposite, petiolate. Source: The PLANTS Database, database ( version .1). Notes: National Plant Data Center, NRCS, USDA.

Peking Union Medical College, Chinese Academy of . Oleaceae) collected in the fall when the fruits have become ripe.

The fruits are widely used as an antipyretic and antiinflammatory in the . First, a well- diffusion assay procedure and a 2-fold dilution method were used to determine the bacteriostatic activity of FSE on Escherichia coli K8 staphylococcus aureus, and . Recommendation for forsythia suspensa fruit extract usage levels up to: not for fragrance use. Suppliers Safety Safety in use Safety references. Wu at Institute of Chinese Materia Medica, Shanghai University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Shanghai.