Plant Details

Accepted name:: Myrica gale L. [Myricaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bog myrtle	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
bog-myrtle	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bois-sent-bon	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
gagelstrauch	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
gale belgica	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
meadow-fern	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
myrique baumier	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
pors	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sweet gale	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
wmyrica palustris	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaf		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 24 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Gale belgica Dumort. Fl. Belg.: 10 (1827).
Gale commune J.Presl Wšobecný Rostl. 2: 1416 (1846).
Gale japonica A.Chev. Mém. Soc. Sci. Nat. Math. Cherbourg 32: 189 (1889).
Gale palustris A.Chev. Mém. Soc. Sci. Nat. Math. Cherbourg 32: 177 (1889).
Gale palustris var. crenata A.Chev. Mém. Soc. Sci. Nat. Math. Cherbourg 32: 184 (1901).
Gale palustris var. denticulata A.Chev. Mém. Soc. Sci. Nat. Math. Cherbourg 32: 184 (1901).
Gale palustris var. lusitanica A.Chev. Mém. Soc. Sci. Nat. Math. Cherbourg 32: 186 (1901).
Gale palustris var. subglabra A.Chev. Mém. Soc. Sci. Nat. Math. Cherbourg 32: 185 (1901).
Gale portugalensis A.Chev. Mém. Soc. Sci. Nat. Math. Cherbourg 32: 187 (1889).
Gale uliginosa Spach Hist. Nat. Vég. 11: 259 (1841).
Myrica algarbiensis Gand. Nov. Consp. Fl. Eur.: 432 (1910), nom. nud.
Myrica brabantica Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 249 (1821 publ. 1822), nom. superfl.
Myrica gale var. portugalensis Mirb. ex C.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(2): 148 (1864).
Myrica gale f. pubescens J.Rousseau & Rouleau Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 27: 337 (1957).
Myrica gale var. subarctica J.Rousseau Bull. Jard. Bot. État Bruxelles 27: 337 (1957).
Myrica gale var. subglabra (A.Chev.) Fernald Rhodora 16: 167 (1914).
Myrica gale var. tomentosa C.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(2): 148 (1864).
Myrica gale subsp. tomentosa (C.DC.) A.E.Murray Kalmia 12: 22 (1982).
Myrica palustris Lam. Fl. Franç. 2: 236 (1779).
Myrica palustris var. subglabra A.Chev. Mém. Soc. Sci. Nat. Math. Cherbourg 32: 185 (1901).
Myrica rothmaleriana P.Silva Anuário Soc. Brot. 38: 106 (1972).
Myrica tomentosa (C.DC.) Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 4: 353 (1910).
Myrica uchanovii Byalt & Firsov Hortus Botanicus 11: 30 (2015).
Myrtus brabantica Garsault Fig. Pl. Méd.: t. 397 (1764), opus utique oppr.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Myrica gale	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Myrica gale L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

Myrica gale

Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Myrica gale L.

GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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