Plant Details

Accepted name:: Quercus infectoria G.Olivier [Fagaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants
Infraspecies:: 3

Quercus infectoria subsp. infectoria

Quercus infectoria var. tenuicarpa Jamzad & Panahi

Quercus infectoria subsp. veneris (A.Kern.) Meikle

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
'afṣ	Other	Med. Pl. Yemen (Fleurentin & Pelt, 1982)
a'fus	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
afas	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
afss	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aleppo galls	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
aleppoek	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ambastha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aphsa	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
asian holly oak	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
ballut afssi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
baloot	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cakkirakacikakkay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cakkirakacikam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
civatakitakkay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dyer's oak	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
dyer’s oak	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
galha	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
gall	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
gall oak	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
girwan	Other	Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
green galls	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
maajoophal	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
maajuphalaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
maaphal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
maasikkaai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
maasikkai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
maayaaphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
maayakku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
maayaphal	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maazu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
macakkai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
macakkay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
machakaai	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
machakai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
machi kaayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
machi-kayi	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
machika	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
machikaa	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
machikaai	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
machikaaya	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
machikai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
machikkai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
macica	Other	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
macike	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
macikkai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
macikkay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maiphala	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
maja kani	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
majakaanee	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
majjaphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
majoophal	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
maju	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
maju phal	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
majuphal	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
majuphala	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
majuphul	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
manjuphal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mapalakam	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
masakka	Other	Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
mashi kaaya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mashi-kaya	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
mashikaya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mashikkay	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
masikaya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
masikka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
masikkai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
masikki	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
mayakku	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mayakku / māyukam (gall)	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
mayaphal	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
mayaphala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mayfal	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
mayuka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mazi	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
mazoo	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
mazu	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
mazu sabz	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mazu subz	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mazu-e-sabz	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mazuphal	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
mazuye sabz	Other	Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
mazî	Other	Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
mazı	Other	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
mecca galls	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
mishe aghaji	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
mook siak chee	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
mu shih tzu	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
muajoophal	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
muphal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mussikki	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
mut shek tsz	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
māyaphala	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
oak	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Wild Med. Pl. Jordan (Al-Qura'n, 2009)
oak galls	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
oak-gall	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
tannic acid	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 43 (2020)
turkey galls	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
ufas	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
uffes	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
没食子	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Gall		Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
twig	tannin usually obtained from nutgalls, the excrescences produced on the young twigs	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
Root, galls, barks, acorns		Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bark, fruit, galls		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
fruit	dry plant material	Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
insect gull		Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
nutgalls		Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018)
twigs	young twigs	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 43 (2020)
gall		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
gall	dried gall	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
gall	dried galls	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
gall		Med. Pl. Yemen (Fleurentin & Pelt, 1982)
fruit		Wild Med. Pl. Jordan (Al-Qura'n, 2009)
Gall		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
twig	tannin usually obtained from nutgalls, the excrescences produced on the young twigs	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 37 (2013)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Quercus infectoria subsp. euinfectoria A.Camus Chênes, Texte 2: 186 (1939), not validly publ.
Quercus lusitanica subsp. infectoria (G.Olivier) Mouill. Traité Arbr. Arbriss. 2: 1163 (1897).
Quercus lusitanica var. infectoria (G.Olivier) A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(2): 18 (1864).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Quercus Infectoria Olivier	Veg. Drugs in Basavarajeeyam (Suryanarayana Raju, 2001)
Quercus infectoria	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
Quercus infectoria G. Olivier	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017)
Quercus infectoria G. Olivier.	Trad. Med. in Sri Lanka (Kankanamalage et al., 2014)
Quercus infectoria G.Olivier	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Quercus infectoria Oliv	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Quercus infectoria Oliv.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. Yemen (Fleurentin & Pelt, 1982) Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Wild Med. Pl. Jordan (Al-Qura'n, 2009)
Quercus infectoria Olive	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
Quercus infectoria Oliver	U.S. Pharmacop. USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 43 (2020)
Quercus infectoria Olivier	Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011) Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Pharmacop. USP 39 (2016)
Quercus infectoria Olivier.	Ayurvedic Med. Toothpaste (Howshigan et al., 2015) Study on Herbal Toothpaste (Jayashankar et al., 2011)
Quercus infectoria Olivo	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)

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