Syringa pinnatifolia

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Syringa pinnatifolia
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Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Asterids
Order: Lamiales
Family: Oleaceae
Genus: Syringa
Species:
S. pinnatifolia
Binomial name
Syringa pinnatifolia
Hemsl.

Syringa pinnatifolia, the pinnate lilac, is a deciduous shrub in the genus Syringa , in the family Oleaceae. It is native to Western China. [1]

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Description

Syringa pinnatifolia is an open, upright, deciduous shrub with exfoliating bark, unusually pinnate, dark-green leaves with lance-shaped, dark green leaflets, and panicles of fragrant, lilac- to pink-flushed, white flowers in spring. [2] It grows between 8ft to 12ft (2.5-4m) high. [3] Leaves are composed of seven, nine, or eleven leaflets, which are dull green, stalkless, pointed, the base rounded or in the case of the terminal leaflets frequently attached to the common stalk by a portion of the blade. [4]

Flowers are fragrant, pale rose-pink or white flowers in early summer, from May–June. Fruits September to October. [5]

Habitat

Syringa pinnatifolia grows mostly in a temperate biome, surviving at altitudes up to 7–9,000 ft. [6]

Medicinal use

Peeled stems of Syringa pinnatifolia have been widely used to treat coronary heart disease for hundreds of years in Inner Mongolia, China. [7]

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Syringa is a genus of 12 currently recognized species of flowering woody plants in the olive family or Oleaceae called lilacs. These lilacs are native to woodland and scrub from southeastern Europe to eastern Asia, and widely and commonly cultivated in temperate areas elsewhere.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Oleaceae</span> Family of flowering plants

Oleaceae, also known as the olive family or sometimes the lilac family, is a taxonomic family of flowering shrubs, trees, and a few lianas in the order Lamiales. It presently comprises 28 genera, one of which is recently extinct. The extant genera include Cartrema, which was resurrected in 2012. The number of species in the Oleaceae is variously estimated in a wide range around 700. The flowers are often numerous and highly odoriferous. The family has a subcosmopolitan distribution, ranging from the subarctic to the southernmost parts of Africa, Australia, and South America. Notable members include olive, ash, jasmine, and several popular ornamental plants including privet, forsythia, fringetrees, and lilac.

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<i>Melia azedarach</i> Species of plant

Melia azedarach, commonly known as the chinaberry tree, pride of India, bead-tree, Cape lilac, syringa berrytree, Persian lilac, Indian lilac, or white cedar, is a species of deciduous tree in the mahogany family, Meliaceae, that is native to Indomalaya and Australasia.

<i>Syringa komarowii</i> Species of flowering plant in the family Oleaceae

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<i>Staphylea</i> Genus of flowering plants

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<i>Buddleja alternifolia</i> Species of plant

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<i>Syringa villosa</i> Species of flowering plant in the family Oleaceae

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<i>Buddleja albiflora</i> Species of plant

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<i>Clematis orientalis</i> Species of flowering plant in the buttercup family Ranunculaceae

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References

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  7. Feng, Xiao; Zhang, Ruifei; Li, Junjun; Cao, Yuan; Zhao, Feng; Du, Xiaolang; Gao, Xiaoli; Cao, Lan; Chen, Suyile; Tu, Pengfei; Chai, Xingyun (2019-01-01). "Syringa pinnatifolia Hemsl. fraction protects against myocardial ischemic injury by targeting the p53-mediated apoptosis pathway". Phytomedicine. 52: 136–146. doi:10.1016/j.phymed.2018.09.188. ISSN   0944-7113. PMID   30599893.