| Accepted name: |
Paeonia lactiflora Pall. |
| Synonym(s): |
-Paeonia albiflora Pall.
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| English names: |
Chinese Peony
Japanese Peony
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| French names: |
Pivoine de Chine
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Dilleniales
Family: Paeoniaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HPAELA
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
- |
| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
As a medicine for headaches, for cancer, diarrhea and hepatitis. Also used as a fungicide and bactericide(2). |
| Key Characters: |
- |
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