Plantsnap – Identify Plants, Trees, Mushrooms With An App

Bupleurum falcatum (Bupleurum falcatum)

Description

Bupleurum falcatum, also known as sickle-leaved hare's-ear, Chinese thoroughwax, sickle hare's ear and sickle-leaf hare's ear, is a species of flowering plant in the Apiaceae family. It is endemic to Europe and Western Asia. Bupleurum falcatum has been used in Chinese medicine for over 2,000 years as a "liver tonic". Bupleurum falcatum has been found to possess antidepressant properties, mediated through the serotonergic & noradrenergic systems (although the precise mechanism remains to be found).

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Apiales

            • Family: Apiaceae

              • Genus: Bupleurum