Non scientific name details for wax myrtle - Medicinal Plant Names Services

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Non-scientific name:

wax myrtle

2 Accepted name(s) for "wax myrtle":

Accepted name
Myrtus communis L.
Myrica cerifera L.

7 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:
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)	Myrtus communis L.	Myrtus communis L.	Myrtus communis L.
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)	Myrica cerifera L.	Myrica cerifera L.	Myrica cerifera L.
U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)	Myrica cerifera L.	Myrica cerifera L.	Myrica cerifera L.
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)	Morella cerifera (L.) Sm.	Morella cerifera (L.) Small	Myrica cerifera L.
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.
Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)	Myrica cerifera L.	Myrica cerifera L.	Myrica cerifera L.
Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)	Myrica cerifera	Myrica cerifera L.	Myrica cerifera L.

19 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "wax myrtle":

Non-scientific names:	Class of name:	Medicinal sources:
arbre à suif	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
barberry	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bayberry	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
berry wax	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
candle berry	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
candle-berry	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016)
candleberry	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
corteccia	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
fallow shrub	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
mirika	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
mum ag	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
myrica cerifera	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
myrica cerifera whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
myrtle	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
southern bayberry	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Phytochemical Subset. (Duke, 2016) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
tallow shrub	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
wachsmyrte	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
waxberry	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
waxmyrtle	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)