Plant Details

Accepted name:: Carya illinoinensis (Wangenh.) K.Koch [Juglandaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
nogal	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
pecan	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
bark		Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 17 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Carya oliviformis (F.Michx.) Nutt. Gen. N. Amer. Pl. 2: 221 (1818).
Carya pecan (Marshall) Engl. & Graebn. Notizbl. Königl. Bot. Gart. Berlin 3(App. 9): 19 (1902).
Juglans pecan Marshall Arbust. Amer.: 69 (1785).
Carya angustifolia Sweet Hort. Brit.: 97 (1826).
Carya diguetii Dode Bull. Soc. Bot. France 55: 470 (1908).
Carya pecan (Marshall) Nutt. N. Amer. Sylv. 1: 41 (1842).
Carya tetraptera Liebm. Vidensk. Meddel. Naturhist. Foren. Kjøbenhavn 1850: 80 (1850).
Hicorius diguetii Standl. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 23: 1648 (1926).
Hicorius oliviformis (F.Michx.) Raf. Fl. Ludov.: 109 (1817).
Hicorius pecan (Marshall) Britton Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 15: 282 (1888).
Hicorius tetraptera (Liebm.) Rzed. & al. in C.Conzatti, Fl. Taxon. Mex., ed. 3, 1: 673 (1988), with incorrect basionym ref.
Juglans alba var. pacana Castigl. Viagg. Stati Uniti 2: 262 (1790).
Juglans angustifolia Aiton Hort. Kew. 3: 361 (1789).
Juglans cylindrica Lam. Encycl. 4: 505 (1798).
Juglans illinoinensis Wangenh. Beytr. Teut. Forstwiss.: 54 (1787).
Juglans oliviformis F.Michx. Hist. Arbr. Forest. 1: 173 (1810).
Juglans rubra Gaertn. Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 51 (1790).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Carya illinoensis (Wang.) K.Koch.	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)
Carya illinoensis Koch	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Carya illinoinensis	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Carya illinoinensis (Wagenh.)K.Koch	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Carya illinoinensis (Wangenh.) K. Koch	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Carya illinoinensis (Wangenh.) K.Koch	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Carya illinoinensis (Wangenheim) K. Koch	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Carya olivaeformis	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Carya olivaeformis Nutt.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Carya olivaeformis Nuttal	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Carya pecan (Marshall)Engl. & Graebner	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Juglans pecan Marshall	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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