Plant Details

Accepted name:: Arbutus unedo L. [Ericaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
arbousier	Other	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
arbousier commun	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
arbutus	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
borrachín	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
corbezzolo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
enab-ol-dob	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
erdbeerbaum	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ervedeiro	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
fraisier en arbre	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
irish strawberry-tree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
katlab	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kocayemiş kökü	Other	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
kocayemiş yaprağı	Other	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
madroño	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
medronheiro	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
qotlob	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
smultronträd	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sorbo peloso	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
strawberry tree	Other	Food Pl. in Seven Circum-Medit. Areas (Hadjichambis et al., 2009) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
strawberry-tree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
عنب الدّب	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
قطلب	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaf, root		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Fruit		Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Fruit		Food Pl. in Seven Circum-Medit. Areas (Hadjichambis et al., 2009)
leaf, fruit		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 29 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Arbutus cassinifolia Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 119 (1840).
Arbutus crispa Hoffmanns. Verz. Pfl.-Kult., Nachtr. 1: 204 (1824).
Arbutus croomii Anon. Gard. Chron., n.s., 22: 492 (1884).
Arbutus intermedia Heldr. ex Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 490 (1879).
Arbutus laurifolia L.f. Suppl. Pl.: 238 (1782).
Arbutus microphylla Anon. Gard. Chron., n.s., 22: 49 (1884), nom. illeg.
Arbutus nothocomaros Heldr. ex Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur., Suppl. 2(1): 214 (1889).
Arbutus procumbens Kluk ex Besser Prim. Fl. Galiciae Austriac. 2: 355 (1809).
Arbutus salicifolia Cels ex Hoffmanns. Verz. Pfl.-Kult., Nachtr. 1: 204 (1824).
Arbutus serratifolia Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 288 (1796), nom. superfl.
Arbutus turbinata Pers. ex Rchb. Fl. Germ. Excurs. 1: 416 (1831).
Arbutus unedo var. alba W.T.Aiton Hortus Kew. 3: 56 (1811).
Arbutus unedo var. crispa (Hoffmanns.) Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 10: 102 (1908).
Arbutus unedo var. croomii Anon. Gard. Chron., n.s., 22: 492 (1884).
Arbutus unedo var. ellipsoidea Aznov. Magyar Bot. Lapok 3: 9 (1904).
Arbutus unedo var. integerrima Sims Bot. Mag. 49: t. 2319 (1822).
Arbutus unedo var. integrifolia Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 10: 102 (1908), nom. superfl.
Arbutus unedo var. plena W.T.Aiton Hortus Kew. 3: 56 (1811).
Arbutus unedo var. rubra Aiton Hort. Kew. 2: 71 (1789).
Arbutus unedo f. rubra (Aiton) Rehder Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 536 (1949).
Arbutus unedo var. salicifolia (Cels ex Hoffmanns.) Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 10: 102 (1908).
Arbutus unedo var. salicifolia Regel Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1856: 31 (1856).
Arbutus unedo var. serratifolia Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 10: 102 (1908), not validly publ.
Arbutus unedo f. subcrenata Maire Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 32: 212 (1941).
Arbutus unedo var. tangerina Pau Mem. Real Soc. Esp. Hist. Nat. 12: 358 (1924).
Arbutus vulgaris Bubani Fl. Pyren. 2: 7 (1899).
Unedo edulis Hoffmanns. & Link Fl. Portug. 1: 415 (1820).
Unedo globosa Jord. in C.T.A.Jordan & J.P.Fourreau, Icon. Fl. Eur. 3: 42 (1904).
Unedo oviformis Jord. in C.T.A.Jordan & J.P.Fourreau, Icon. Fl. Eur. 3: 42 (1904).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Arbutus unedo	Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998) Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Arbutus unedo L.	Food Pl. in Seven Circum-Medit. Areas (Hadjichambis et al., 2009) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. from Tunisia as Antimicrobials (Ben Sassi et al., 2007) Med. Pl. in the Med.: Project Rubia (Gonzalez-Tejero et al., 2008) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

Arbutus unedo

Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998)
Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)

Arbutus unedo L.

Food Pl. in Seven Circum-Medit. Areas (Hadjichambis et al., 2009)
GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998)
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Med. Pl. from Tunisia as Antimicrobials (Ben Sassi et al., 2007)
Med. Pl. in the Med.: Project Rubia (Gonzalez-Tejero et al., 2008)
Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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