Plant Details

Accepted name:

Betula utilis D.Don [Betulaceae]

Source of taxonomy and confidence:

World Checklist ( )

Information about this plant:

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Infraspecies:

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Betula utilis subsp. albosinensis (Burkill) Ashburner & McAll.

Betula utilis subsp. jacquemontii (Spach) Kitam.

Betula utilis subsp. occidentalis Kitam.

Betula utilis subsp. utilis

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bahulavalkala	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bahulavalkalah	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bahupata	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bahuputa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bahutvaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bahuvalkala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhejpattra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhiy	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhoj	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhoj patar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhoj patra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhoja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhojapatra	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
bhojapatram	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
bhojoapatra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhojpatr	Other	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
bhojpatra	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
bhooj	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhoojpatra	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
bhoorjapatra	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
bhuj	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
bhuja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhujapathri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhujapatram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhujapatri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhujipatra	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
bhujpatar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhujpatra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhujpattra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhurj	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhurja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhurjagranthi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhurjah	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhurjamaram	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
bhurjapatra	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhurjapatraka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhurjapatri	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
bhurjjamaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhuspat	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
bhutaghna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhuyapathra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhūrja patraḥ	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
bhūrjagranathi	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
bhūrjaḥ (stem bark)	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
bindupatra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bojpatr	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
buj	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cao pi hua	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
carmi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
carmī	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
charmi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
charmmadruma	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chhadapatra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chhatrpatra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chitratvaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dalanismoka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
everestbjörk	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
himalayan birch	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
himalayan silver birch	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
indian paper birch	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
kella	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
khel	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
lekhyapatra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lekhyapatraka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lekhyapatrakah	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
mriducharmi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mridupatra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mridutvaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mṛducchada	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
pad	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
padmaki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
patrapushpaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
purccam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
purccapattiram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rakshapatra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sak-sin	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shailendrastha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shitri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sla	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
stag pa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sthirachhada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sucharma	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
syasin	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
takpa	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
tangru	Other	Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
vichitraka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vidyadala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vojpatra	Other	MAPs in Makawanpur District, Central Nepal (Bhattarai et al., 2017)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Bark		MAPs in Makawanpur District, Central Nepal (Bhattarai et al., 2017)
Node, bark flakes		Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
stem bark	stem bark	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
stem bark	stem bark	Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
Bark (Stem)		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

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

synonym
Betula utilis var. typica Regel in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(2): 177 (1868), not validly publ.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Betula utilis D. Don	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) MAPs in Makawanpur District, Central Nepal (Bhattarai et al., 2017) Plants and People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Betula utilis D.Don	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Unani Pharmacopoeia India (2007-2008)
Betula utilis D.Don. Var	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015)
Betula utilis Don	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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