Plant Details

Accepted name:: Carya tomentosa (Lam.) Nutt. [Juglandaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
big-bud hickory	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
canadian hickory	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
carya tomentosa whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
mockernut hickory	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
white-heart hickory	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 31 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Carya alba (L.) Nutt. ex Elliott Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 2: 624 (1824).
Carya alba var. anomala (Ashe) Sarg. Bot. Gaz. 66: 238 (1918).
Carya alba var. ficoides Sarg. Trees & Shrubs 2: 206 (1913).
Carya alba var. ovoidea Sarg. Bot. Gaz. 66: 238 (1918).
Carya alba var. subcoriacea (Sudw.) Sarg. Trees & Shrubs 2: 207 (1913).
Carya alba subsp. tomentosa (Lam.) Schwer. Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 44: 378 (1932).
Carya compressa G.Don in J.C.Loudon, Hort. Brit.: 384 (1830).
Carya tomentosa f. ficoides (Sarg.) E.J.Palmer & Steyerm. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 22: 515 (1935).
Carya tomentosa var. integrifolia Torr. Fl. New York 2: 182 (1843).
Carya tomentosa var. maxima Nutt. Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 221 (1818).
Carya tomentosa f. ovoidea (Sarg.) E.J.Palmer & Steyerm. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 22: 515 (1935).
Carya tomentosa var. subcoriacea (Sudw.) E.J.Palmer & Steyerm. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 22: 515 (1935).
Hicorius alba (L.) Britton Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 15: 284 (1888).
Hicorius alba var. albicans Ashe J. Elisha Mitchell Sci. Soc. 34: 132 (1918).
Hicorius alba var. anomala Ashe Quart. Charleston Mus. 1(2): 29 (1925).
Hicorius alba var. ficoides Sudw. Check List For. Trees U.S.: 56 (1927).
Hicorius alba var. maxima (Nutt.) Britton Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 15: 283 (1888).
Hicorius alba var. ovoidea Ashe Quart. Charleston Mus. 1(2): 29 (1925).
Hicorius alba var. subcoriacea Sudw. Check List For. Trees U.S.: 56 (1927).
Hicorius albus Sarg. Gard. & Forest 2: 460 (1889).
Hicorius maxima (Nutt.) Raf. Alsogr. Amer.: 66 (1838).
Hicorius tomentosa Raf. Alsogr. Amer.: 66 (1838).
Juglans alba Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 4 (1768).
Juglans alba L. Sp. Pl.: 997 (1753), nom. rej.
Juglans compressa Gaertn. Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 91 (1790).
Juglans glabra J.F.Gmel. Syst. Nat., ed. 13[bis].: 755 (1791), sensu auct.
Juglans procera Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 392 (1796), nom. superfl.
Juglans squamosa Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 4: 504 (1798).
Juglans tomentosa Lam. Encycl. 4: 504 (1798).
Scoria alba (L.) Raf. Med. Repos., ser. 2, 5: 352 (1808), not validly publ.
Scoria tomentosa (Lam.) Raf. Med. Repos., ser. 2, 5: 352 (1808), not validly publ.

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Carya alba (L.) Nutt. ex Ell.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
Carya alba (L.) Nutt. ex Elliott	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Carya alba Nutt.	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Carya alba Nutt. ex Elliott	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Carya alba Nuttal	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Carya tomentosa (Lam.) Nutt.	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Carya tomentosa (Poiret) Nuttall	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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