Plant Details

Accepted name:

Myrica esculenta var. esculenta [Myricaceae]

Source of taxonomy and confidence:

World Checklist: unpublished records ( )

Information about this plant:

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Infraspecies of:

Myrica esculenta Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don

Infraspecies:

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Myrica esculenta var. balansae Dode

Myrica esculenta var. chevalieri (Dode) H.H.Pham

Myrica esculenta var. tonkinensis A.Chev.

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
audul-barq	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
azuri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
darshishaaan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kafal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaidanyamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaidaryamu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaiphal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaphal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katphalah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kayaphul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kirishivani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
marudam-pattai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
marutamtoli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
myrica sapida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
qundol	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 12 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

synonym
Myrica sapida Wall. Tent. Fl. Napal.: 59 (1826).
Ascarina rubra Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 1: 475 (1811).
Litsea myricopsis H.Lév. Cat. Pl. Yun-Nan: 150 (1916).
Myrica auriculata Ridl. J. Straits Branch Roy. Asiat. Soc. 82: 194 (1920).
Myrica esculenta var. auriculata Gamble J. Asiat. Soc. Bengal, Pt. 2, Nat. Hist. 75: 404 (1915).
Myrica esculenta var. farquhariana (Wall.) A.Chev. Mém. Soc. Natl. Sci. Nat. Cherbourg 32: 204 (1901).
Myrica esculenta var. lobbii (Teijsm. & Binn. ex Miq.) A.Chev. Mém. Soc. Natl. Sci. Nat. Cherbourg 32: 204 (1901).
Myrica esculenta var. sapida (Wall.) A.Chev. Mém. Soc. Natl. Sci. Nat. Cherbourg 32: 204 (1901).
Myrica farquhariana Wall. Tent. Fl. Napal.: 60 (1826).
Myrica lobbii Teijsm. & Binn. ex Miq. Fl. Ned. Ind. 1(1): 872 (1858).
Myrica longifolia Teijsm. & Binn. ex C.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(2): 152 (1864), non Unger (1850), fossil name.
Myrica missionis Wall. Numer. List: n.° 7297 (1832), not validly publ.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Myrica sapida	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015)
Myrica sapida Wall.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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