''Tripterygium'' is a genus of plants in the family
Celastraceae
The Celastraceae (staff-vine or bittersweet) are a family of 98 genera and 1,350 species of herbs, vines, shrubs and small trees, belonging to the order Celastrales. The great majority of the genera are tropical, with only ''Celastrus'' (the staf ...
. It includes three species of lianas or scrambling shrubs native to Japan, Korea, China, Taiwan, Vietnam, and Myanmar.
[ '' Tripterygium wilfordii'' is used in ]Traditional Chinese medicine
Traditional Chinese medicine (TCM) is an alternative medicine, alternative medical practice drawn from traditional medicine in China. A large share of its claims are pseudoscientific, with the majority of treatments having no robust evidence ...
.
Species
Three species are accepted.[
* '' Tripterygium doianum''
* '' Tripterygium regelii''
* '' Tripterygium wilfordii''
]
References
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Celastrales genera
Celastraceae
Taxa named by Joseph Dalton Hooker
Flora of Asia