马甲子Paliurus ramosissimus (Lour.) Poir.
马甲子Paliurus ramosissimus (Lour.) Poir.
1.马甲子（植物名实图考）白棘（本草经），铁篱笆、铜钱树、马鞍树（四川），雄虎刺（福建），簕子、棘盘子（广东）图版35：4-5
Paliurus ramosissimus (Lour.) Poir. in Lam. Encycl. Meth. Suppl. 4: 262. 1816;陈嵘, 中国树木分类学752. 1937;侯宽昭等, 广州植物志415. 1953; 中国高等植物图鉴2: 753, 图3235. 1972.——Aubletia ramosissima Lour. Fl. Cochin. 283. 1790. ——P. aubletia Schult. in Roem. et Schult. Syst. Veg. 5: 343, 1819; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 66. 1861.——Zizyphus ramosissima (Lour.) Spreng. Syst. 1: 771. 1825 (based on Aubletia ramosissima Lour.).
灌木，高达6米；小枝褐色或深褐色，被短柔毛，稀近无毛。叶互生，纸质，宽卵少队卵状椭圆形或近圆形，长3-5.5 (7)厘米，宽2.2-5厘米，顶端钝或圆形，基部宽楔形、楔形或近圆形，稍偏斜，边缘具钝细锯齿或细锯齿，稀上部近全缘，上面沿脉被棕褐色短柔毛，幼叶下面密生棕褐色细柔毛，后渐脱落仅沿脉被短柔毛或无毛，基生三出脉; 叶柄长5-9毫米，被毛，基部有2个紫红色斜向直立的针刺，长0.4-1.7厘米。腋生聚伞花序，被黄色绒毛；萼片宽卵形，长2毫米，宽1.6-1.8毫米；花瓣匙形，短于萼片，长1.5-1.6毫米，宽1毫米；雄蕊与花瓣等长或略长于花瓣；花盘圆形，边缘5或10齿裂；子房3室，每室具1胚珠，花柱3深裂。核果杯状，被黄褐色或棕褐色绒毛，周围具木栓质3浅裂的窄翅，直径1-1.7厘米，长7-8毫米；果梗被棕褐色绒毛；种子紫红色或红褐色，扁圆形。花期5-8月，果期9-10月。
产江苏、浙江、安徽、江西、湖南、湖北、福建、台湾、广东、广西、云南、贵州、四川。生于海拔2000以下的山地和平原，野生或栽培。朝鲜、日本和越南也有分布。
木材坚硬，可作农具柄；分枝密且具针刺，常栽培作绿篱；根、枝、叶、花、果均供药用，有解毒消肿、止痛活血之效，治痈肿溃脓等症，根可治喉痛；种子榨油可制烛。
《Flora of China》 Vol. 12 (2007)
Paliurus ramosissimus (Loureiro) Poiret
马甲子 ma jia zi
Aubletia ramosissima Loureiro, Fl. Cochinch. 1: 283. 1790; Paliurus aubletia Roemer & Schultes; Ziziphus ramosissima (Loureiro) Sprengel.
Shrubs or small trees, deciduous, to 6 m tall. Branchlets brown or deep brown, pubescent, rarely glabrous. Stipular spines erect, 4-17 mm, 2 per node; petiole 5-9 mm, pubescent; leaf blade broadly ovate or ovate-elliptic, 3-5.5(-7) × 2.2-5 cm, papery, abaxially yellowish to brownish pubescent on major veins, adaxially mostly glabrous, distinctly 3-veined from base, base broadly cuneate, cuneate, or subrounded, symmetric to slightly oblique, margin obtusely serrate or serrulate, rarely subentire, apex obtuse, rounded, or slightly retuse. Flowers in axillary cymes. Calyx tube shallowly cup-shaped; sepals broadly ovate, ca. 2 × 1.6-1.8 mm. Petals spatulate, shorter than sepals, 1.5-1.6 × ca. 1 mm. Stamens ca. as long as petals or slightly longer. Disk orbicular, margin 5- or 10-lobed. Ovary 3-loculed; style 3-fid. Drupe cup-shaped, 1.1-1.5 cm in diam., densely yellow-brown pubescent, base conical, apex flat to slightly mucronate; wing apically inserted, 7-8 mm, comparatively thick, margin distinctly 3-partite; fruiting pedicel brownish pubescent. Seeds purple-red or red-brown, shiny, oblate. Fl. May-Aug, fr. Sep-Oct.
Mountains and plains, wild or cultivated; below 2000 m. Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan, Zhejiang [Japan, Korea].
The hard wood is used for producing farm tools. The roots, branches, leaves, flowers, and fruit are used medicinally. Oil extracted from the seeds is used for making candles.
别名：簕子;水架簕;阎王刺;企头簕;鸟刺仔;刺针;马尾刺;白棘;马甲刺;棘盘子;马鞍山;马鞍树;石刺木;篱笆刺;水勒;棘刺;马甲公;十刺木;乌刺仔;铁理风;石刺仔;铁篱子;马甲枣;铁篱巴;刺仔;雄虎刺;铁篱笆;铜钱树;铁菱角;铁篱芭;牛角刺;
科名：鼠李科 Rhamnaceae
属名：马甲子属 Paliurus
1.马甲子（植物名实图考）白棘（本草经），铁篱笆、铜钱树、马鞍树（四川），雄虎刺（福建），簕子、棘盘子（广东）图版35：4-5
Paliurus ramosissimus (Lour.) Poir. in Lam. Encycl. Meth. Suppl. 4: 262. 1816;陈嵘, 中国树木分类学752. 1937;侯宽昭等, 广州植物志415. 1953; 中国高等植物图鉴2: 753, 图3235. 1972.——Aubletia ramosissima Lour. Fl. Cochin. 283. 1790. ——P. aubletia Schult. in Roem. et Schult. Syst. Veg. 5: 343, 1819; Benth. Fl. Hongk. 66. 1861.——Zizyphus ramosissima (Lour.) Spreng. Syst. 1: 771. 1825 (based on Aubletia ramosissima Lour.).
灌木，高达6米；小枝褐色或深褐色，被短柔毛，稀近无毛。叶互生，纸质，宽卵少队卵状椭圆形或近圆形，长3-5.5 (7)厘米，宽2.2-5厘米，顶端钝或圆形，基部宽楔形、楔形或近圆形，稍偏斜，边缘具钝细锯齿或细锯齿，稀上部近全缘，上面沿脉被棕褐色短柔毛，幼叶下面密生棕褐色细柔毛，后渐脱落仅沿脉被短柔毛或无毛，基生三出脉; 叶柄长5-9毫米，被毛，基部有2个紫红色斜向直立的针刺，长0.4-1.7厘米。腋生聚伞花序，被黄色绒毛；萼片宽卵形，长2毫米，宽1.6-1.8毫米；花瓣匙形，短于萼片，长1.5-1.6毫米，宽1毫米；雄蕊与花瓣等长或略长于花瓣；花盘圆形，边缘5或10齿裂；子房3室，每室具1胚珠，花柱3深裂。核果杯状，被黄褐色或棕褐色绒毛，周围具木栓质3浅裂的窄翅，直径1-1.7厘米，长7-8毫米；果梗被棕褐色绒毛；种子紫红色或红褐色，扁圆形。花期5-8月，果期9-10月。
产江苏、浙江、安徽、江西、湖南、湖北、福建、台湾、广东、广西、云南、贵州、四川。生于海拔2000以下的山地和平原，野生或栽培。朝鲜、日本和越南也有分布。
木材坚硬，可作农具柄；分枝密且具针刺，常栽培作绿篱；根、枝、叶、花、果均供药用，有解毒消肿、止痛活血之效，治痈肿溃脓等症，根可治喉痛；种子榨油可制烛。
《Flora of China》 Vol. 12 (2007)
Paliurus ramosissimus (Loureiro) Poiret
马甲子 ma jia zi
Aubletia ramosissima Loureiro, Fl. Cochinch. 1: 283. 1790; Paliurus aubletia Roemer & Schultes; Ziziphus ramosissima (Loureiro) Sprengel.
Shrubs or small trees, deciduous, to 6 m tall. Branchlets brown or deep brown, pubescent, rarely glabrous. Stipular spines erect, 4-17 mm, 2 per node; petiole 5-9 mm, pubescent; leaf blade broadly ovate or ovate-elliptic, 3-5.5(-7) × 2.2-5 cm, papery, abaxially yellowish to brownish pubescent on major veins, adaxially mostly glabrous, distinctly 3-veined from base, base broadly cuneate, cuneate, or subrounded, symmetric to slightly oblique, margin obtusely serrate or serrulate, rarely subentire, apex obtuse, rounded, or slightly retuse. Flowers in axillary cymes. Calyx tube shallowly cup-shaped; sepals broadly ovate, ca. 2 × 1.6-1.8 mm. Petals spatulate, shorter than sepals, 1.5-1.6 × ca. 1 mm. Stamens ca. as long as petals or slightly longer. Disk orbicular, margin 5- or 10-lobed. Ovary 3-loculed; style 3-fid. Drupe cup-shaped, 1.1-1.5 cm in diam., densely yellow-brown pubescent, base conical, apex flat to slightly mucronate; wing apically inserted, 7-8 mm, comparatively thick, margin distinctly 3-partite; fruiting pedicel brownish pubescent. Seeds purple-red or red-brown, shiny, oblate. Fl. May-Aug, fr. Sep-Oct.
Mountains and plains, wild or cultivated; below 2000 m. Anhui, Fujian, Guangdong, Guangxi, Guizhou, Hubei, Hunan, Jiangsu, Jiangxi, Sichuan, Taiwan, Yunnan, Zhejiang [Japan, Korea].
The hard wood is used for producing farm tools. The roots, branches, leaves, flowers, and fruit are used medicinally. Oil extracted from the seeds is used for making candles.