Zao Jia / 皂荚 [皂莢] (Gleditsia Fruit, Chinese Honeylocust Fruit)

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Zao Jia / 皂荚 [皂莢] (Gleditsia Fruit, Chinese Honeylocust Fruit)

Doc Hay's Shorthand

Zao Jiao / 皂角

Latin name

Gleditsiae Fructus

Herb Category

Nature of Herb

Flavor of Herb

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Translator's annotation

The infertile aged or damaged pods that have no mature seeds are called tooth gleditsia (Ya Zao / 牙皂).
Seeds are called Zao Jia Zi / 皂荚子.
KWC2007.1.3996: "Gleditsia Japonica (Ri Ben Zao Jia / 日本皂荚) are thinner, twisted pods, 25-30cm long, with a dark yellowish brown surface...This contrasts with the standard herb, which has relatively straight pods, 15-20cm long." (Bensky, pg. 428)
See also KWC2007.1.388: Zao Jiao Ci / 皂角刺 (Gleditisia Thorn)

Bibliographic Citation

Bensky, D., Clavey, S. & Stöger, E. (2004). Chinese herbal medicine: Materia medica (3rd ed.). Seattle: Eastland Press. p. 426

Item Type (DCMI Type vocabulary URI)

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Format of the digital image

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Rights

In Copyright - Educational Use Permitted

Rights Holder

Photograph courtesy of Kam Wah Chung State Heritage Site

Owner of the Collection

State of Oregon

Source (the collection in which this object is found)

Kam Wah Chung Collection

KWC location ID

KWC2007.1.4026
KWC2007.1.3996

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