Plant Details

Accepted name:: Betula alnoides Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don [Betulaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bhojapatra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
bhojapattra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhojpatra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhuj pattra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhujapatra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhuji patra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhujpattra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhurjapatra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
birch	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
chamadapaya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chyarbi	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
dienglieng	Other	Med. Pl. of Khasi Hills of Meghalaya, India (Kayang, 2005)
indian birch	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kabhoj	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katboj	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katbuj	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
katbunj	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kath bhuj sauri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kathbhoj	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
naga birch	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
paiyun	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
saur	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) MAPs in Makawanpur, C Nepal (Bhattarai & Tamang, 2017) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
shagra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shaur-sharol	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sheori	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
souda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
takpa	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
西桦	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Bark		MAPs in Makawanpur, C Nepal (Bhattarai & Tamang, 2017)
roots		Med. Pl. of Khasi Hills of Meghalaya, India (Kayang, 2005)
bark	oil	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 14 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Betula acuminata Wall. Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 7 (1830), nom. illeg.
Betula acuminata var. arguta Regel Nouv. Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 13(2): 129 (1861).
Betula acuminata var. glabra Regel Nouv. Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 13(2): 129 (1861).
Betula acuminata var. lancifolia Regel Nouv. Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 13(2): 130 (1861).
Betula acuminata var. pilosa Regel Nouv. Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 13(2): 129 (1861).
Betula affinis (Spach) Endl. Gen. Pl., Suppl. 4(2): 20 (1848).
Betula alnoides var. acuminata (Spach) H.J.P.Winkl. in H.G.A.Engler (ed.), Pflanzenr., IV, 61: 89 (1904).
Betula cylindrostachya var. pilosa (Regel) Regel in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(2): 189 (1868).
Betula cylindrostachya var. subglabra Regel in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(2): 189 (1868).
Betula nitida D.Don Prodr. Fl. Nepal.: 58 (1825).
Betula nitida var. affinis (Spach) Regel Nouv. Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 13(2): 130 (1861).
Betulaster acuminata Spach Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 15: 198 (1841).
Betulaster affinis Spach Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 15: 199 (1841).
Betulaster nitida (D.Don) Spach Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 15: 200 (1841).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Betula alnoides (Buch Ham)	Med. Pl. of Khasi Hills of Meghalaya, India (Kayang, 2005)
Betula alnoides Buch.-Ham.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Betula alnoides Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don	MAPs in Makawanpur, C Nepal (Bhattarai & Tamang, 2017) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Betula alnoides Buch.-Ham. ex D. Don.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Betula alnoides Buch.-Ham. ex D.Don	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Betula alnoides Buchanan-Hamilton ex D. Don	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)

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