| Family |
Oleaceae |
| Tribe |
Forsythieae |
| Scientific name |
Forsythia viridissima Lindley var. koreana Rehder |
| Synonyms |
Forsythia koreana (Rehder) Nakai |
| Common name |
(Japanese common name) chosen rengyo (チョウセンレンギョウ, 朝鮮連翹 [meaning: Korean
rengyo (rengyo = Japanese pronunciation of Chinese common name)]) |
| (English common name) none |
| Distribution |
(Japan) garden plants |
| (Other nations) Korea |
| Chromosomal number |
2n=28 |
| Description |
Plants 2-4m tall. Leaves 5-10cm long. Flowers yellow corollas 3cm across,
flowering in March to April. Deciduous. Shrub. |
| Reference |
Forsythia viridissima Lindl. var. koreana Rehder |
| Caractérisation cytologique du Forsythia (S.Boulay et A.Cadic) |
| Method for obtaining deodorant extract from tissue culture of plants in family oleaceae (US Patent 5380521/1995) |
| Use of plant extracts for treatment of HIV, HCV and HBV infections (US Patent 5837257/1998) |
| Compositions of matter useful in the treatment of viral infections derived from plant extracts (US Patent 5989556/1999) |
| Inhibition of abnormal accumulation of extra-cellular matrices (US Patent 6068845/2000) |
| Process for preparing an anti-viral medicinal product from plant extracts (US Patent 6214350/2001) |
