Plant Details

Accepted name:: Populus balsamifera L. [Salicaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
balm of gilead	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
balm-of-gilead	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
balsam poplar	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)
balsampappel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
balsampoppel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bamtree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
baumier	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
eastern balsam poplar	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
hackmatack	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
peuplier baumier	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
populus candicans	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
tacamahac	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
tacamahac poplar	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
tacamahaca	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
álamo balsámico	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaf bud		Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
bud		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 31 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Populus candicans Aiton Hort. Kew. 3: 406 (1789).
Aigiros balsamifera (L.) Lunell Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 298 (1916).
Aigiros × candicans (Aiton) Nieuwl. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 3: 233 (1914).
Populus acladesca K.Koch Wochenschr. Vereines Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 8: 238 (1865), not validly publ.
Populus angustifolia Weinm. ex Ledeb. Fl. Ross. 3: 629 (1850), not validly publ.
Populus balsamifera f. angustata C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 14 (1904).
Populus balsamifera var. californica S.Watson Amer. J. Sci. Arts 115: 135 (1878).
Populus balsamifera f. candicans (Aiton) B.Boivin Naturaliste Canad. 93: 434 (1966).
Populus balsamifera var. fernaldiana Rouleau Rhodora 50: 234 (1948).
Populus balsamifera var. intermedia Loudon Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 3: 1674 (1838).
Populus balsamifera var. lanceolata Marshall Arbust. Amer.: 108 (1785).
Populus balsamifera var. latifolia Loudon Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 3: 1674 (1838).
Populus balsamifera var. laurifolia Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 642 (1891).
Populus balsamifera var. michauxii A.Henry Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 59: 230 (1916).
Populus balsamifera var. subcordata Hyl. in unknown publication.
Populus balsamifera f. typica C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 14 (1904), not validly publ.
Populus balsamifera var. viminalis Loudon Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 3: 1673 (1838).
Populus heterophylla K.Koch Wochenschr. Vereines Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 8: 238 (1865), not validly publ.
Populus latifolia Moench Methodus: 338 (1794).
Populus lindleyana Booth ex Loudon Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 4: 2651 (1838), not validly publ.
Populus macrophylla Lindl. in J.C.Loudon, Encycl. Pl.: 840 (1829), not validly publ.
Populus michauxii Dode Extr. Monogr. Ined. Populus: 62 (1905).
Populus salicifolia Raf. Alsogr. Amer.: 43 (1838).
Populus salicifolia Loudon Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 3: 1673 (1838), not validly publ.
Populus tacamahacca Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: 6 (1768).
Populus tacamahacca var. candicans Stout J. New York Bot. Gard. 30: 32 (1929).
Populus tacamahacca var. michauxii (Dode) Farw. Rhodora 21: 101 (1919).
Populus viminalis Lodd. ex Loudon Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 3: 1673 (1838), not validly publ.
Populus viminea Wesm. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(2): 330 (1868), not validly publ.
Populus wobstii R.I.Schröd. ex Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 2: 207 (1892), not validly publ.
Populus woobstii Dode Extr. Monogr. Ined. Populus: 60 (1905), orth. var.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Populus balsamifera	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Populus balsamifera (L.) Duroi	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Populus balsamifera L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) 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)
Populus balsamifera L. ssp. balsamifera	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
Populus balsamifera L. subsp. balsamifera	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Populus balsamiifera	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Populus candicans	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Populus candicans Ait.	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
Populus candicans Aiton	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Populus x candicans Aiton	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Populus × candicans Aiton	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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