Non scientific name details for tallow shrub - Medicinal Plant Names Services

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Non-scientific name:

tallow shrub

1 Accepted name(s) for "tallow shrub":

Accepted name
Myrica cerifera L.

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

Medicinal sources:	Scientific names as used in medicinal source:	MPNS matched scientific names:	Accepted name:	Drug form:	Plant parts:
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)	Morella cerifera (L.) Small	Morella cerifera (L.) Small	Myrica cerifera L.
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)	Myrica cerifera L.	Myrica cerifera L.	Myrica cerifera L.

9 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "tallow shrub":

Non-scientific names:	Class of name:	Medicinal sources:
barberry	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bayberry	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
candle berry	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
candleberry	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
myrica cerifera	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
myrica cerifera whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
southern bayberry	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
wax myrtle	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
waxmyrtle	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)