Plant Details

Accepted name:: Melaleuca viridiflora Sol. ex Gaertn. [Myrtaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
gomenol	Other	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
niaouli	Other	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
niaouli oil	Other	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
niaouli tree	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
niauli aetheroleum	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
niauliöl	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
	oil	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
leaves and terminal branchlets	essential oil	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 11 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Melaleuca leucadendra var. viridiflora (Sol. ex Gaertn.) Cheel in A.J.Ewart & O.B.Davies, Fl. N. Territory: 299 (1917).
Cajuputi viridiflora (Sol. ex Gaertn.) A.Lyons Pl. Nam.: 74 (1900).
Melaleuca cunninghamii S.Schauer in W.G.Walpers, Repert. Bot. Syst. 2: 927 (1843).
Melaleuca cunninghamii var. glabra C.T.White J. Arnold Arbor. 23: 87 (1942).
Melaleuca leucadendra var. latifolia Raeusch. Nomencl. Bot. Pl. Illustr., ed. 3: 142 (1797).
Melaleuca leucadendra var. sanguinea Cheel in A.J.Ewart & O.B.Davies, Fl. N. Territory: 296 (1917).
Melaleuca sanguinea Cheel Fl. N. Territory: 296 (1917), not validly publ.
Melaleuca viridiflora var. attenuata Byrnes Austrobaileya 2: 74 (1984).
Melaleuca viridiflora var. canescens Byrnes Austrobaileya 2: 74 (1984).
Melaleuca viridiflora var. glabra (C.T.White) Byrnes Austrobaileya 2: 74 (1984).
Myrtoleucodendron viridiflorum (Sol. ex Gaertn.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 241 (1891).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Melaleuca leucadendron L. var. viridiflora Gaertner	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Melaleuca viridiflora	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Melaleuca viridiflora Sol. Ex Gaertn.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Melaleuca viridiflora Sol. ex Gaertn.	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Melaleuca viridiflora Sol. ex Gaertn. var. viridiflora	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998)
Melaleuca viridiflora Sol. ex Gaertner	Trad. Aboriginal Meds in N Territory (Barr et al., 1993)
Melaleuca viridiflora Soland.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Melaleuca viridiflora Solander ex Gaertner	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)

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