Synurus is a genus of plants in the tribe Cardueae of the family Asteraceae.Iljin, Modest Mikhaĭlovich. 1926. Botanicheskie materialy Gerbariya Glavnogo Botanicheskogo Sada S S S R 6: 35Tropicos, Synurus rIljin Species of the genus are found in Asia.
Synurus species have a thick stem up to 1.5 meters tall. They produce large, nodding, spherical flower heads up to 6 centimeters wide with purple florets.Flora of China Vol. 20-21 Page 154 山牛蒡属 shan niu bang shu Synurus Iljin, Bot. Mater. Gerb. Glavn. Bot. Sada S.S.S.R. 6: 35. 1926.
The anti-inflammatory properties of these species as a herbal remedy have been well studied.Park, J. H., et al. (2004). Antiinflammatory activity of Synurus deltoides. Phytotherapy Research 18(11) 930-33.Choi, Y. H., et al. (2005). New anti-inflammatory formulation containing Synurus deltoides extract. Archives of Pharmacal Research 28(7) 848-53.Jiang, Y., et al. (2013). Antioxidant and anti-inflammatory activities of different solvent fractions from ethanol extract of Synurus deltoides (Aiton) Nakai leaves. Food Science and Biotechnology 22(1) 215-23. They are eaten as a wild vegetable in Korea.Lim, H. T. (1997). Evaluation of popular mountain vegetables in Korea using molecular markers. HortScience 32(3) 454.
SpeciesThe Plant List search for Synurus Synurus deltoides (Aiton) Nakai - Russia (Chita, Amur, Primorye, Khabarovsk), China (Inner Mongolia, Hebei, Hubei, Sichuan, Henan, Anhui, Zhejiang, Ningxia, Heilongjiang, Jilin, Liaoning), Mongolia, Japan, Korea Synurus excelsus (Makino) Kitam. - Japan, Korea Synurus palmatopinnatifidus (Makino) Kitam. - Japan, Korea Synurus pungens (Franch. & Sav.) Kitam. - Japan
formerly includedFlann, C (ed) 2009+ Global Compositae Checklist see Olgaea Synurus diabolicus - Olgaea lomonossowii
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