Plant Details

Accepted name:: Lindera benzoin (L.) Blume [Lauraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
benjamin bush	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
benjamin-bush	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
feberbuske	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
fieberstrauch	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
laurier faux-benjoin	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
northern spicebush	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
spicebush	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
wild allspice	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 27 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Laurus fragrans Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 344 (1796), nom. superfl.
Benzoin aestivale Nees Syst. Laur.: 495 (1836).
Benzoin aestivale var. pubescens E.J.Palmer & Steyerm. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 22: 545 (1935).
Benzoin aestivale f. xanthocarpum G.S.Torr. Rhodora 16: 91 (1914).
Benzoin benzoin Coult. Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5: 164 (1894).
Benzoin geniculatum G.Don in R.Sweet, Hort. Brit., ed. 3: 581 (1839).
Benzoin odoriferum Nees in N.Wallich, Pl. Asiat. Rar. 2: 63 (1831).
Calosmon acstivale Kostel. Allg. Med.-Pharm. Fl. 2: 478 (1833).
Calosmon benzoin J.Presl in F.Berchtold & J.S.Presl, Přir. Rostlin Aneb. Rostl. 2: 71 (1825).
Euosmus aestivalis Nutt. Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 259 (1818).
Euosmus benzoin Nutt. Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 1: 259 (1818).
Laurus aestivalis Lam. Encycl. 3: 453 (1792).
Laurus axillaris Lam. Encycl. 3: 453 (1792).
Laurus benzoin L. Sp. Pl.: 370 (1753).
Laurus glomerata Lam. Encycl. 3: 452 (1792).
Laurus pseudobenzoin Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 243 (1803).
Lindera aestivalis f. xanthocarpa (G.S.Torr.) Rehder J. Arnold Arbor. 20: 92 (1939).
Lindera benzoin var. pubescens (E.J.Palmer & Steyerm.) Rehder J. Arnold Arbor. 20: 413 (1939).
Lindera benzoin f. rubra Champlin Rhodora 79: 166 (1977).
Lindera benzoin var. verna Meisn. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1): 244 (1864).
Lindera benzoin f. xanthocarpa (G.S.Torr.) Rehder J. Arnold Arbor. 20: 413 (1939).
Malapoenna geniculata Coult. Mem. Torrey Bot. Club 5: 164 (1894).
Malapoenna glomerata Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 572 (1891).
Ozanthes benzoin (L.) Raf. Sylva Tellur.: 133 (1838).
Tetranthera aestivalis Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 2: 267 (1825).
Tetranthera floridana Shuttlew. ex Meisn. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 15(1): 181 (1864).
Tetranthera geniculata var. grandiflora Nees Syst. Laur.: 567 (1836).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Laurus fragrans Salisb.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Lindera benzoin (L.) Blume	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Lindera benzoin (L.) Blume var. benzoin	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
Lindera benzoin (L.)blume	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Lindera benzoin Blume	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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