Plant Details

Accepted name:: Populus alba 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:
abele	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
alamo	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001)
hoor	Other	Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000)
ispedar	Other	Pl. for Geohelminth in Kalat District, Pakistan (Bibi et al., 2016)
jangali fraas	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
ma gal	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
ma gel	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
mal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pahari pipal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
safeda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
safedaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
white poplar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
མ་གལ།	Other	Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020)
银白杨叶	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Bark		Pl. for Geohelminth in Kalat District, Pakistan (Bibi et al., 2016)
Leaf		Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000)
bark		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
leaf		Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 56 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Populus caspica (Bornm.) Bornm. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 47: 70 (1939).
Leuce alba (L.) Opiz Seznam: 59 (1852).
Populus acerifolia Lodd. ex Loudon Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 3: 1640 (1838), not validly publ.
Populus aegyptiaca W.Baxter in J.C.Loudon, Hort. Brit., Suppl. 2: 660 (1850).
Populus alba var. acerifolia Loudon Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 3: 1640 (1838).
Populus alba var. bachofenii (Wierzb. ex Rchb.) Wesm. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(2): 324 (1868).
Populus alba var. bolleana (Lauche) Ed.Otto Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 35: 3 (1879).
Populus alba var. caspica Bornm. Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 8: 724 (1908).
Populus alba var. crispa Mérat Nouv. Fl. Env. Paris: 400 (1812).
Populus alba var. denudata (A.Braun) Wesm. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(2): 324 (1868).
Populus alba f. globosa Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 2: 191 (1892).
Populus alba var. hickeliana (Dode) Fiori Nuov. Fl. Italia 1: 352 (1923).
Populus alba var. integrifolia Ball J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 16: 668 (1878).
Populus alba var. microphylla Maire Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 26: 229 (1935).
Populus alba subsp. nivea (Aiton) Maire & Weiller Fl. Afrique N. 7: 40 (1961).
Populus alba f. nivea (Aiton) C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 22 (1904).
Populus alba var. nivea Aiton Hort. Kew. 3: 405 (1789).
Populus alba proles nivea (Aiton) Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 12: 249 (1910).
Populus alba var. nutans Sudw. U.S.D.A. Div. Forest. Bull. 14: 137 (1897).
Populus alba f. pendula (Loudon) Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 2: 191 (1902).
Populus alba var. pendula Loudon Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 3: 1640 (1838).
Populus alba var. pyramidalis Bunge Beitr. Fl. Russl.: 322 (1852).
Populus alba f. pyramidalis (Bunge) Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 2: 191 (1892).
Populus alba f. richardii Beissn. Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 21: 229 (1912 publ. 1913).
Populus alba var. salomonii (Carrière) Wesm. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(2): 325 (1868).
Populus alba var. subintegerrima Lange in M.Willkomm & J.M.C.Lange, Prodr. Fl. Hispan. 1: 233 (1862).
Populus alba umbraculifera Sudw. U.S.D.A. Div. Forest. Bull. 14: 137 (1897).
Populus arbeel Curtis Cat. Brit. Med. Pl.: 84 (1783).
Populus arembergiana Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 2: 191 (1892).
Populus arembergica Lodd. ex Loudon Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 3: 1640 (1838).
Populus bachofenii Wierzb. ex Rchb. Icon. Fl. Germ. Helv. 11: 29 (1849).
Populus belgica Lodd. ex Loudon Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 3: 1640 (1838).
Populus berkarensis Poljakov Bot. Mater. Gerb. Bot. Inst. Komarova Akad. Nauk S.S.S.R. 12: 9 (1950).
Populus bolleana Lauche Deutsch. Mag. Garten- Blumenk. 31: 296 (1878).
Populus denudata A.Braun in Hartig, Vollst. Naturgesch. Culturpfl. Deutschl.: 434 (1850).
Populus excelsa Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 395 (1796).
Populus grisea Lodd. ex Loudon Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 3: 1640 (1838).
Populus hickeliana Dode Extr. Monogr. Ined. Populus: 20 (1905).
Populus hickeliana var. tremulifolia Dode & Sennen in É.M.G.Sennen, Diagn. Nouv.: 166 (1936).
Populus hybrida M.Bieb. Fl. Taur.-Caucas. 2: 423 (1808).
Populus hyrcana Grossh. Opred. Rast. Kavk.: 727 (1949).
Populus intermedia Mert. ex Loudon Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 3: 1640 (1838).
Populus major Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: 4 (1768).
Populus morisetiana Dode Extr. Monogr. Ined. Populus: 22 (1905).
Populus nigra Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: 3 (1768), nom. illeg.
Populus nivea (Aiton) Willd. Berlin. Baumz.: 227 (1796).
Populus nivea salomonii Carrière Rev. Hort. (Paris) 37: 380 (1866).
Populus paletskyana Dode Extr. Monogr. Ined. Populus: 21 (1905).
Populus palmata Loudon Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 3: 1640 (1838).
Populus pendula Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 381 (1841), not validly publ.
Populus pseudonivea Grossh. Izv. Akad. Nauk Azerbaidzhansk. S.S.R. 6: 66 (1941).
Populus quercifolia Loudon Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 3: 1640 (1838).
Populus subintegerrima (Lange) Sennen & Mauricio in É.M.G.Sennen, Diagn. Nouv.: 243 (1936).
Populus subintegerrima var. berkanensis Sennen & Mauricio in É.M.G.Sennen, Diagn. Nouv.: 243 (1936).
Populus triloba Dode Extr. Monogr. Ined. Populus: 21 (1905).
Populus viminalis Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 5: 238 (1804).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Populus alba	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Populus alba L.	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexico (2001) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Materia Med. in Sowa Rigpa (Wangyal et al., 2020) Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000) Med. Pl. in the Med.: Project Rubia (Gonzalez-Tejero et al., 2008) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001) Pl. for Geohelminth in Kalat District, Pakistan (Bibi et al., 2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Populus alba Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Populus caspica (Bornm.) Bornm.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Populus caspica Bornm.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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