Plant Details

Accepted name:: Sorbus aucuparia L. [Rosaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants
Infraspecies:: 4

Sorbus aucuparia subsp. aucuparia

Sorbus aucuparia subsp. glabrata (Wimm. & Grab.) Hedl.

Sorbus aucuparia subsp. praemorsa (Guss.) Nyman

Sorbus aucuparia subsp. pohuashanensis (Hance) McAll.

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
amur mountain ash	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
apaбiнa	Other	Wild Pl. for Food & Healing in Liubań, Belarus (Sõukand et al., 2017)
arabina	Other	Wild Pl. for Food & Healing in Liubań, Belarus (Sõukand et al., 2017)
battal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
eberesche	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
ebereschenbeeren	Other	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)
european mountain ash	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
european mountain-ash	Other	Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014)
european mountainash	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
european rowan	Other	Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014)
fructus sorbi	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014)
jhanwar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
krasnaja rabina	Other	Wild Pl. for Food & Healing in Liubań, Belarus (Sõukand et al., 2017)
mohli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mountain ash	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
mountain ash berry	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
mountain-ash	Other	Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014)
quickbeam	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rjabina obyknovennaja	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
rowan	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Food & Med., Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
rowan berries	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
rowan tree	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
rowan-berry	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
rowanberries	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
rönn	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
serbal de cazadores	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
serbal silvestre	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
shān 梣	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sorbi aucupariae fructus	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
sorbier des oiseleurs	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
sorbo degli uccellatori	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
sorveira	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
syaar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
uvez agaci	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
vogelbeerbaum	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
vogelbeere	Other	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
vogelkirsche	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ōu zhōu huā qiū	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
горобина	Other	Food & Med., Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015)
горобина звичайна	Other	Food & Med., Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015)
кpacнaя paбiнa	Other	Wild Pl. for Food & Healing in Liubań, Belarus (Sõukand et al., 2017)
рябина	Other	Food & Med., Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015)
рябина обыкновенная	Other	Food & Med., Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015)
山梣	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
欧洲花楸	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
bark, leaves, berry, seed, frond		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
fruit, leaves, bark, seed, buds		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
flowers, fruits, leaves		Wild Pl. for Food & Healing in Liubań, Belarus (Sõukand et al., 2017)
fruit		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 10 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Pyrus aucuparia (L.) Gaertn. Fruct. Sem. Pl. 2: 45 (1790).
Aucuparia pinnata Fourr. Ann. Soc. Linn. Lyon 16: 378 (1868), nom. superfl.
Aucuparia silvestris Medik. Gesch. Bot.: 86 (1793).
Crataegus aucuparia (L.) Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 357 (1796).
Mespilus aucuparia (L.) Scop. Fl. Carniol., ed. 2, 1: 346 (1771).
Pyrenia aucuparia (L.) Clairv. Man. Herbor. Suisse: 162 (1811).
Pyrus aucuparia var. typica (C.K.Schneid.) Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 6(2): 87 (1906), not validly publ.
Sorbus aucuparia subsp. euaucuparia Briq. Prodr. Fl. Corse 2(1): 166 (1913), not validly publ.
Sorbus aucuparia var. typica C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 673 (1906), not validly publ.
Sorbus aucuparia typica Beck Fl. Nieder-Österreich 2: 708 (1892), not validly publ.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Pyrus aucuparia	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Pyrus aucuparia Gaertn.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Sorbus aucuparia	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Sorbus aucuparia L.	Food & Med., Rural Sweden, Ukraine & NW Russia (Stryamets et al., 2015) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. of the Russian Pharm. (Shikov, 2014) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) Wild Pl. for Food & Healing in Liubań, Belarus (Sõukand et al., 2017) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Sorbus aucuparia Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Sorbus aucuparia Linné	E-Kommission: Unapproved Status (1984-1994)

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