Plant Details

Accepted name:: Rhododendron ponticum L. [Ericaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants
Infraspecies:: 3

Rhododendron ponticum subsp. baeticum (Boiss. & Reut.) Hand.-Mazz.

Rhododendron ponticum var. heterophyllum Anșin

Rhododendron ponticum subsp. ponticum

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
azalia	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
common rhododendron	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
komar	Other	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
pontian rhododendron	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
pontisk rododendron	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
rhododendron	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

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

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

Hymenanthes pontica (L.) H.F.Copel. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 30: 614 (1943).
Rhododendron speciosum Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 287 (1796), nom. superfl.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Rhododendron ponticum	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997) Med. Pl. in Russia & C Asia (Mamedov et al., 2004) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Rhododendron ponticum L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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