Plant Details

Accepted name:: Acer pensylvanicum L. [Sapindaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
cancer bush	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
moose maple	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
moosewood	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
polecat tree	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
striped maple	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

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

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

Acer canadense Duhamel Traité Arbr. Arbust. 1: t. 12 (1755).
Acer pensylvanicum erythrocladum Späth Nursery Cat. (Späth) 116: 72 (1904).
Acer pensylvanicum f. erythrocladum (Späth) Rehder Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 425 (1949).
Acer pensylvanicum var. erythrocladum (Späth) Törje Växtförteckning Träd Buskar: 19 (1938).
Acer pensylvanicum subsp. typicum Wesm. Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 29: 62 (1890), not validly publ.
Acer tricuspifolium Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 2: 370 (1812).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Acer pensylvanicum	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
Acer pensylvanicum L.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) 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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