Catunaregam spinosa 山石榴

POISONOUS PARTS

Roots and fruits.^4,5

TOXICITY

• Toxic Constituents

  Cardiac glycosides and cyanogenic glycosides.^4,5

• Mechanism

  There is no adequately documented human poisoning case. The toxicological significance of cardiac glycosides and cyanogenic glycosides present in this plant is not well understood. However, the roots and fruits have been used as fish poison and pesticide.^6,7

• Poisoning Features

  Dizziness and diarrhoea.^4,5

CLINICAL MANAGEMENT

Supportive treatment.

IDENTIFICATION FEATURES

Shrubs or small trees, 1–10 m tall; many‑branched, with axillary stout thorns. Leaves papery or subleathery; leaf blades 2–8(–11) × 2–4.5(–5.7) cm. Flowers solitary or 2–3 clustered at branches. Corolla bell‑shaped, initially white, later turning pale yellow; corolla-lobes 5, 8–11 × 8–9 mm, spreading. Berries 2–4 cm in diameter, with persistent calyx‑lobes.⁸

MEDICINAL USES

Fruits, roots and leaves used in TCM: eliminate stasis and disperse swelling, remove toxin, stanch bleeding. For external use only.²