Non scientific name details for downy birch - Medicinal Plant Names Services

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Non-scientific name:

downy birch

3 Accepted name(s) for "downy birch":

Accepted name
Betula lenta L.
Betula pubescens Ehrh.
Betula pubescens var. pubescens

4 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:
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)	Betula lenta L.	Betula lenta L.	Betula lenta L.
GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)	Betula pubescens Ehrh.	Betula pubescens Ehrh.	Betula pubescens Ehrh.
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)	Betula pubescens Ehrh.	Betula pubescens Ehrh.	Betula pubescens Ehrh.
Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)	Betula pubescens Ehrh. ssp. pubescens	Betula pubescens var. pubescens	Betula pubescens var. pubescens

6 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "downy birch":

Non-scientific names:	Class of name:	Medicinal sources:
betulla pubescente	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
birch	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
glasbjörk	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
hairy birch	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
sweet birch	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
white birch	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)