Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
amerikansk pors	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
arbre à cire	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bayberry	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
candle-berry	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
candletree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
candlewood	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
myrica cirier	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
myrique de pennsylvanie	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
northern bayberry	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
small waxberry	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
swamp candleberry	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
tallow bayberry	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
tallowshrub	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
tallowtree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
waxberry	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
árbol de la cera	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 6 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Morella pensylvanica (Mirb.) Kartesz Synth. N. Amer. Fl., nomencl. innov. 1(Nomencl. Innov.): 18 (1999).
Cerothamnus pensylvanicus (Mirb.) Moldenke Revista Sudamer. Bot. 4: 16 (1937).
Morella macfarlanei (Youngken) Kartesz Synth. N. Amer. Fl., nomencl. innov. 1(Nomencl. Innov.): 17 (1999).
Myrica cerifera var. frutescens Castigl. Viagg. Stati Uniti 2: 302 (1790).
Myrica macfarlanei Youngken Contr. Bot. Lab. Morris Arbor. Univ. Pennsylvania 4: 355 (1919).
Myrica pensylvanica f. parvifolia T.W.Wells Rhodora 70: 453 (1968).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Morella pensylvanica (Mirb.) Kartesz	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Morella pensylvanica (Mirb.) Kartesz, comb.nov.ined.	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Myrica pensylvanica Mirb.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Myrica pensylvanica Mirbel	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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