Paris

genus of plants

Species

FamilyMelanthiaceae

Native toAltay, Austria, Baltic States, Belarus, Belgium, Bulgaria, Buryatiya, Central European Russia, Chita, Corse, Czechia-Slovakia, Denmark

General: Flowering in late spring or early summer, herb paris Common Name: Herb paris

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Image: Paris quadrifolia (von Oben).jpg

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Paris is a genus of flowering plants described by Linnaeus in 1753. It is widespread across Europe and Asia, with a center of diversity in China.

It consists of less than two dozen herbaceous plants: the best known species is Paris quadrifolia. Some Paris species are used in traditional Chinese medicine for their analgesic and anticoagulant properties, most notably as an ingredient of Yunnan Baiyao. Intense ethnopharmaceutical interest has significantly reduced their numbers.