Li Long-Yun, Deji La-Mu, Wei Ying-Fang, Zhong Guo-Yue
Chongqing Academy of Chinese Materia Medica, Chongqing 400065, China.
Zhongguo Zhong Yao Za Zhi. 2005 Jun;30(12):893-5.
Based on literature data, related specimens, commercial samples and field investigation, botanical origin of "bolingguazi" was clarified. Boling guazi was found to be used as a Tibetan medicine in China from 8th century, it was derived from Herpetospermum pedunculosum of cucurbitaceae, and main species of bolingguazi used in most areas of China were H. pednculosura, while seeds of Momordica charantia, Thladiantha setispina and M. cohinchinensis were also available in some areas of China.
根据文献资料、相关标本、商品样本及实地调查，明确了“波棱瓜子”的植物来源。发现波棱瓜子自8世纪起在中国作为藏药使用，它来源于葫芦科的波棱瓜，中国大部分地区使用的波棱瓜子的主要品种是波棱瓜，而在中国部分地区也有苦瓜、糙毛裂瓜和木鳖子的种子。
