Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cotoneaster microphyllus Wall. ex Lindl. [Rosaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bhedda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bhedra	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bugarchilla	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chamrol	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chamror	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
choturuins	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gheri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kadhor	Other	Ethnomed. Pl. of Chamba district, India (Rani et al., 2013)
luni or kharawa	Other	Med. Pl. in Alpine and Sub-Alpine Pakistan (Kayani et al., 2015)
raonsh	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
res	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
reuns	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rheuns	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
wanni	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
耐冬果	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Whole plant		Med. Pl. in Alpine and Sub-Alpine Pakistan (Kayani et al., 2015)
fruits		Ethnomed. Pl. of Chamba district, India (Rani et al., 2013)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 23 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cotoneaster elatus G.Klotz Wiss. Z. Martin-Luther-Univ. Halle-Wittenberg, Math.-Naturwiss. Reihe 12: 781 (1963).
Cotoneaster microphyllus var. glacialis Hook.f. ex Wenz. Linnaea 38: 195 (1874).
Cotoneaster astrophoros J.Fryer & E.C.Nelson Glasra 2: 128 (1995).
Cotoneaster buxifolius var. melanotrichus Franch. Pl. Delavay.: 224 (1890).
Cotoneaster buxifolius var. vellaeus (Franch.) G.Klotz Wiss. Z. Martin-Luther-Univ. Halle-Wittenberg, Math.-Naturwiss. Reihe 6: 952 (1957).
Cotoneaster buxifolius f. vellaeus Franch. Pl. Delavay.: 224 (1890).
Cotoneaster cashmiriensis G.Klotz Wiss. Z. Martin-Luther-Univ. Halle-Wittenberg, Math.-Naturwiss. Reihe 12: 778 (1963).
Cotoneaster emarginatus Hoffmanns. ex Schltdl. Linnaea 27: 538 (1854).
Cotoneaster glacialis (Hook.f. ex Wenz.) Panigrahi & Arv.Kumar Bull. Bot. Surv. India 28: 75 (1986 publ. 1988).
Cotoneaster melanotrichus (Franch.) G.Klotz Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 82: 65 (1996).
Cotoneaster microphyllus f. melanotrichus (Franch.) Hand.-Mazz. Symb. Sin. 7: 459 (1933).
Cotoneaster microphyllus var. nivalis G.Klotz Wiss. Z. Martin-Luther-Univ. Halle-Wittenberg, Math.-Naturwiss. Reihe 12: 780 (1963).
Cotoneaster microphyllus var. vellaeus (Franch.) Rehder & E.H.Wilson in C.S.Sargent, Pl. Wilson. 1: 176 (1912).
Cotoneaster nivalis (G.Klotz) Panigrahi & Arv.Kumar Bull. Bot. Surv. India 28: 75 (1986 publ. 1988).
Cotoneaster procumbens G.Klotz Wiss. Z. Martin-Luther-Univ. Halle-Wittenberg, Math.-Naturwiss. Reihe 6: 969, 982 (1957).
Mespilus microphylla (Wall. ex Lindl.) Ohlend. Verz. Bäume Gesträuche Staudengew. 1832: 18 (1832).
Pyrus astrophora (J.Fryer & E.C.Nelson) M.F.Fay & Christenh. Global Fl. 4: 96 (2018).
Pyrus cashmiriensis (G.Klotz) M.F.Fay & Christenh. Global Fl. 4: 100 (2018).
Pyrus elata (G.Klotz) M.F.Fay & Christenh. Global Fl. 4: 102 (2018), nom. illeg.
Pyrus glacialis (Hook.f. ex Wenz.) M.F.Fay & Christenh. Global Fl. 4: 105 (2018).
Pyrus melanotricha (Franch.) M.F.Fay & Christenh. Global Fl. 4: 112 (2018).
Pyrus microphylla (Wall. ex Lindl.) M.F.Fay & Christenh. Global Fl. 4: 112 (2018), nom. illeg.
Pyrus procumbens (G.Klotz) M.F.Fay & Christenh. Global Fl. 4: 116 (2018).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cotoneaster elatus Klotz	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Cotoneaster microphylla Wall.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Cotoneaster microphylla Wall. ex Lindley	Med. Pl. in Alpine and Sub-Alpine Pakistan (Kayani et al., 2015)
Cotoneaster microphylla Wallich	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Cotoneaster microphyllus Lindl.	Ethnomed. Pl. of Chamba district, India (Rani et al., 2013)
Cotoneaster microphyllus Wall.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Cotoneaster microphyllus Wall. ex Lindl.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Cotoneaster microphyllus Wall. ex Lindl. var. glacialis	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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