Plant Details

Accepted name:

Pimenta racemosa (Mill.) J.W.Moore [Myrtaceae]

Source of taxonomy and confidence:

World Checklist ( )

Information about this plant:

Plants of the World Online

Infraspecies:

See all 5

Pimenta racemosa var. grisea (Kiaersk.) Fosberg

Pimenta racemosa var. hispaniolensis (Urb.) Landrum

Pimenta racemosa var. ozua (Urb. & Ekman) Landrum

Pimenta racemosa var. terebinthina (Burret) Landrum

Pimenta racemosa var. racemosa

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bay	Other	ISO 4720:2009 Essential oils: Nomenclature (2009) ISO Catalogue (2009)
bay rum tree	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
bay-rum-tree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
bayoljeträd	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
bayrumtree	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
oil of bay	Other	ISO Catalogue (2009)
west indian bay	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
west indian bay tree	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
fruit		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
	oil	ISO Catalogue (2009)
leaf	essential oil	ISO 4720:2009 Essential oils: Nomenclature (2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 1 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

synonym
Caryophyllus racemosus Mill. Gard. Dict. ed. 8: n.° 5 (1768).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Pimenta racemosa	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Substances in Medicines, Australia (TGA, 2007)
Pimenta racemosa (Mill.) J. W. Moore	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
Pimenta racemosa (Mill.) J.W. Moore	ISO 4720:2009 Essential oils: Nomenclature (2009) SOTWP 2016: Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2015) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Pimenta racemosa (Mill.) J.W. Moore var.	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015)
Pimenta racemosa (Mill.) J.W.Moore	ISO Catalogue (2009) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015)
Pimenta racemosa (P. Mill.) J.w. Moore	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

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