Non scientific name details for american wintergreen - Medicinal Plant Names Services

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Non-scientific name:

american wintergreen

2 Accepted name(s) for "american wintergreen":

Accepted name
Pyrola americana G.Don
Gaultheria procumbens L.

3 Medicinal source(s) include this non-scientific name:

Medicinal sources:	Scientific names as used in medicinal source:	MPNS matched scientific names:	Accepted name:	Trade forms:	Plant parts:
Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)	Pyrola americana Sweet	Pyrola americana G.Don	Pyrola americana G.Don
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)	Pyrola americana Sweet	Pyrola americana G.Don	Pyrola americana G.Don
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)	Gaultheria procumbens L.	Gaultheria procumbens L.	Gaultheria procumbens L.

9 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "american wintergreen":

Non-scientific names:	Class of name:	Medicinal sources:
boxberry	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
checkerberry	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
eastern teaberry	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
gaultheria procumbens	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
mountain-tea	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
pyrola	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
teaberry	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
wild lily-of-the-valley	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
wintergreen	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)