Plant Details

Accepted name:: Luma chequen (Molina) A.Gray [Myrtaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
arrayan blanco	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
arrayán	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
arrayán blanco	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cheken	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
chequen	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
chequén	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
huillipeta	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
white chilean myrtle	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

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Kew's taxonomic resources include 17 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Eugenia chequen Molina Sag. Stor. Nat. Chili, ed. 2: 148 (1810).
Myrceugenella chequen (Molina) Kausel Revista Argent. Agron. 9: 43 (1942).
Eugenia bella Phil. Linnaea 28: 641 (1858), nom. illeg.
Eugenia chekan DC. Prodr. 3: 278 (1828), orth. var.
Eugenia gayana Barnéoud in C.Gay, Fl. Chil. 2: 390 (1847).
Eugenia myrtomimeta Diels Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 37: 598 (1906).
Eugenia pulchra O.Berg Linnaea 29: 224 (1858).
Luma gayana (Barnéoud) Burret Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 15: 523 (1941).
Myrceugenella chequen var. myrtomimeta (Diels) Kausel Lilloa 33: 104 (1971 publ. 1972).
Myrceugenella gayana (Barnéoud) Kausel Revista Argent. Agron. 9: 46 (1942).
Myrceugenella langerfeldtii Kausel Revista Argent. Agron. 11: 324 (1944).
Myrtus chequen (Molina) Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 2: 485 (1825).
Myrtus gayana (Barnéoud) O.Berg Linnaea 27: 399 (1856).
Myrtus gayana var. major O.Berg Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 15: 859 (1857).
Myrtus luma S.Schauer Nov. Actorum Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 19(Suppl. 1): 333 (1843), nom. illeg.
Myrtus uliginosa Miq. Linnaea 25: 652 (1853).
Myrtus uliginosa f. major Miq. Linnaea 25: 652 (1853).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Eugenia chequen Molina	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Luma chequen (Molina) A. Gray	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Luma chequen (Molina) A.Gray	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Luma chequen (Molina) A.Gray.	Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009)
Myrceugenella chequen Kaus.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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