Plant Details

Accepted name:: Quercus robur L. [Fagaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 4

Quercus robur subsp. brutia (Ten.) O.Schwarz

Quercus robur subsp. imeretina (Steven ex Woronow) Menitsky

Quercus robur subsp. pedunculiflora (K.Koch) Menitsky

Quercus robur subsp. robur

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
chêne	Other	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
chêne blanc	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
chêne pédonculé	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
common oak	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
cortex quercus	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014)
dub čereščatyj	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
eichenrinde	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
english oak	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
european oak	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
oak	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
oak bark	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) EMA Com. Monog.: Quercus spp., cort. (2009) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
oak tree	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
pedunculate oak	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
pelarek	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
quercia commune	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
quercus cortex	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) EMA Com. Monog.: Quercus spp., cort. (2009) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
quercus glandium spiritus	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
quercus robur	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
quercus robur, flos	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
skogsek	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
spiritus glandium quercus	Pharmaceutical	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
steileiche	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
truffle oak	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
xia li	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
branch bark		British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
stem bark		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
cortex		EMA Com. Monog.: Quercus spp., cort. (2009)
bulb		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
bark	cut and dried bark	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
bark	cut and dried bark	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
	acorn	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
bark	Cut and dried bark from the fresh young branches	European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 5 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Quercus longaeva Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 392 (1796), nom. superfl.
Quercus robur subsp. eurobur A.Camus Chênes, Texte 2: 309 (1939), not validly publ.
Quercus robur subsp. longipeduncula Ehrh. Hannover. Mag. 18: 234 (1780), not validly publ.
Quercus robur var. typica Beck Fl. Nieder-Österreich 1: 271 (1890), not validly publ.
Quercus robur var. vulgaris A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(2): 4 (1864), not validly publ.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Quercus rabur L.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Quercus robur	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Quercus robur L.	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) EMA Com. Monog.: Quercus spp., cort. (2009) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Quercus robur Linné	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
Quercus roubo L.	Med. Pl. in Azerbaijan Republic (Ibadullayeva, 2020)

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