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Phellodendron amurense
Also called Amur corktree, Phellodendron, Chinese Cork Tree, Chinese Corktree, Japanese Cork Tree, Northern Cork Tree, Phellodendron Bark
Amur cork tree is a large, deciduous tree from eastern Asia, grown for shade and its corky bark, and widely used in traditional Chinese medicine. It is considered invasive in parts of North America, so check local rules before planting.
Phellodendron amurense is a species of tree in the family Rutaceae, commonly called the Amur cork tree. It is a major source of huáng bò (Chinese: 黄柏 or 黄檗), one of the 50 fundamental herbs used in traditional Chinese medicine. The Ainu people used its fruit, called "shikerebe-ni" (in Ainu, sikerpe), as a painkiller. It is known as hwangbyeok in Korean and (キハダ) kihada in Japanese.
It is native to eastern Asia: northern China, northeast China, Korea, Ussuri, Amur, and Japan, the Amur cork tree is considered invasive in many parts of North America. The State of Massachusetts lists it as a noxious weed.
Essential oils:
Fruit oil contains myrcene (62.3–70.3%) and β-caryophyllene (6.8–10.5%)
It has been used as a Chinese traditional medicine for the treatment of meningitis, bacillary dysentery, pneumonia, tuberculosis, tumours, jaundice and liver cirrhosis.
Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Phellodendron amurense by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts and the care summary drawn from them are shared under the same licence.
The care summary was written by AI (Claude, Anthropic) from the sources on this page, with general growing knowledge where they are silent. Check before relying on it.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
