Plant Details

Accepted name:

Rhodomyrtus tomentosa (Aiton) Hassk. [Myrtaceae]

Source of taxonomy and confidence:

World Checklist ( )

Information about this plant:

Plants of the World Online

Infraspecies:

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Rhodomyrtus tomentosa var. parviflora (Alston) A.J.Scott

Rhodomyrtus tomentosa var. tomentosa

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ceylon hill-cherry	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
downy myrtle	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
downy rose	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
downy rose myrtle	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
guayabillo forastero	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
hill gooseberry	Other	Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
hill guava	Other	Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
hill-gooseberry	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
koratta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuratta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rose myrtle	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
rosemyrtle	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
shan ren ye	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
shan ren zi	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
sietha pera	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
tao jin niang	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
tavante	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tavuti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thaontay	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thaonty	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thavatte	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thavattukoyya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
thavithu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tomentose rose myrtle	Other	Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
සීතා පේර	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
shoots, leaves, flower-buds, ripe fruit		Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990)
leaf, fruit		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

synonym
Myrtus tomentosa Aiton Hort. Kew. 2: 159 (1789).
Cynomyrtus tomentosa (Aiton) Scriv. J. Fed. Malay States Mus. 6: 253 (1916).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Myrtus tomentosa Ait.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Rhodomyrtus tomentosa	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Rhodomyrtus tomentosa (Ait.) Hassk.	Medicinal plants in Viet Nam (WHO, 1990) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Rhodomyrtus tomentosa (Aiton) Hassk.	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Rhodomyrtus tomentosa (W.Ait.) Hassk.	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Rhodomyrtus tomentosa Wight	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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