Plant Details

Accepted name:: Aronia melanocarpa (Michx.) Elliott [Rosaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
apfelbeere	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
aronia	Other	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
black chokeberry	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
kahle apfelbeere	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
svartaronia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

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

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

Photinia melanocarpa (Michx.) K.R.Robertson & J.B.Phipps Syst. Bot. 16: 391 (1991).
Adenorachis melanocarpa (Michx.) Nieuwl. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 94 (1915).
Adenorachis nigra (Medik.) Nieuwl. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 277 (1915).
Aronia arbutifolia var. melanocarpa (Michx.) Torr. Fl. N. Middle United States 1: 479 (1824).
Aronia arbutifolia var. nigra (Willd.) F.Seym. Fl. New England: 308 (1969).
Aronia grandifolia (Lindl.) Sweet Hort. Brit., ed. 2: 177 (1830).
Aronia melanocarpa var. elata Rehder Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 21: 186 (1912 publ. 1913).
Aronia melanocarpa var. grandifolia (Lindl.) C.K.Schneid. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 3: 150 (1906).
Aronia melanocarpa var. subpubescens (Lindl.) C.K.Schneid. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 3: 151 (1906).
Aronia melanocarpa var. typica C.K.Schneid. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 3: 150 (1906).
Aronia nigra (Willd.) Koehne Deut. Dendrol.: 254 (1893).
Aronia nigra var. decumbens Zabel in L.Beissner, E.Schelle & H.Zabel, Handb. Laubholzben.: 192 (1903), nom. nud.
Aronia nigra var. grandifolia (Lindl.) Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 3: 386 (1893).
Aronia nigra pubescens Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 3: 386 (1893).
Hahnia arbutifolia var. nigra Medik. Gesch. Bot.: 82 (1793).
Mespilus arbutifolia var. melanocarpa Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 292 (1803).
Mespilus arbutifolia var. nigra (Willd.) Britton Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5: 182 (1894).
Pyrus angustifolia var. melanocarpa (Michx.) M.J.Young Familiar Lessons Bot.: 259 (1873).
Pyrus arbutifolia var. melanocarpa E.L.Rand & Redfield Fl. Mt. Desert Isl.: 98 (1894).
Pyrus arbutifolia var. nigra Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 2: 1013 (1799).
Pyrus arbutifolia subsp. nigra (Willd.) Ehrh. Beitr. Naturk. Verw. Wiss. 1: 185 (1787).
Pyrus grandifolia Lindl. Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 233 (1830).
Pyrus melanocarpa (Michx.) Willd. Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol. 2: 525 (1809).
Pyrus melanocarpa var. subpubescens Lindl. Trans. Hort. Soc. London 7: 232 (1830).
Pyrus nigra Sarg. Gard. & Forest 3: 416 (1890).
Sorbus grandifolia (Lindl.) Heynh. Nom. Bot. Hort.: 773 (1840).
Sorbus melanocarpa (Michx.) Heynh. Nom. Bot. Hort.: 773 (1840).
Sorbus melanocarpa var. grandifolia (Lindl.) Rehder in L.H.Bailey, Cycl. Amer. Hort. 4: 1689 (1902).
Sorbus melanocarpa var. subpubescens (Lindl.) Heynh. Nom. Bot. Hort.: 773 (1840).
Sorbus melanocarpa var. typica C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 700 (1906), not validly publ.
Sorbus pubescens (Dippel) Hedl. Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl., n.f., 35(1): 116 (1901).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Aronia melanocarpa (Michx.) Ell.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
Aronia melanocarpa (Michx.) Elliot	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Aronia melanocarpa (Michx.) Elliott	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Photinia melanocarpa (Michx.) K.R. Robertson & J.B.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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