Plant Details

Accepted name:: Ailanthus altissima var. altissima [Simaroubaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Ailanthus altissima (Mill.) Swingle
Infraspecies:: 2

Ailanthus altissima var. tanakae (Hayata) Kaneh. & Sasaki

Ailanthus altissima var. sutchuenensis (Dode) Rehder & E.H.Wilson

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ailanthus	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ailanto	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
aralu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
perumaram	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tree of heaven	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
bark, leaves, stem		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 38 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Ailanthus glandulosa Desf. Mém. Acad. Sci. (Paris) 1786: 265 (1788).
Ailanthus pongelion J.F.Gmel. Syst. Nat., ed. 13[bis].: 726 (1791).
Ailanthus altissima f. erythrocarpa (Carrière) Rehder Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 386 (1949).
Ailanthus altissima var. erythrocarpa (Carrière) Rehder Man. Cult. Trees: 527 (1927).
Ailanthus altissima var. leucoxyla B.C.Ding & T.B.Chao J. Henan Agric. Coll. 1980(2): 9 (1980).
Ailanthus altissima var. microphylla B.C.Ding & T.B.Chao J. Henan Agric. Coll. 1980(2): 9 (1980).
Ailanthus altissima f. pendulifolia (Dippel) Rehder Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 386 (1949).
Ailanthus altissima var. pendulifolia (Dippel) Rehder Man. Cult. Trees: 527 (1927).
Ailanthus altissima var. ramosissima B.C.Ding & T.B.Chao J. Henan Agric. Coll. 1980(2): 9 (1980).
Ailanthus altissima f. rubra (H.Jaeger) Geerinck Taxonomania 7: 2 (2002).
Ailanthus cacodendron (Ehrh.) Schinz & Thell. Mém. Soc. Sci. Nat. Math. Cherbourg 38: 679 (1912).
Ailanthus erythrocarpa Carrière Rev. Hort. (Paris) 39: 419 (1867).
Ailanthus esquirolii H.Lév. Monde Pl. 17: 23 (1915).
Ailanthus giraldii Dode Bull. Soc. Dendrol. France 1907: 191 (1907).
Ailanthus giraldii var. duclouxii Dode Bull. Soc. Dendrol. France 10: 191 (1907).
Ailanthus glandulosa f. erythocarpa (Carrière) C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 2: 130 (1907).
Ailanthus glandulosa var. erythocarpa (Carrière) Mouill. Traité Arbr. Arbriss. 1: 222 (1891).
Ailanthus glandulosa foliis-variegatis Oudem. Neerl. Pl.-Tuin 2: 121 (1866).
Ailanthus glandulosa var. pendula G.Nicholson Hand-List Trees Shrubs, ed. 2: 77 (1902), nom. nud.
Ailanthus glandulosa var. pendulifolia (Dippel) Carrière ex Rehder in L.H.Bailey, Cycl. Amer. Hort. 1: 38 (1900).
Ailanthus glandulosa f. pendulifolia Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 2: 365 (1892).
Ailanthus glandulosa f. rubra (H.Jaeger) Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 2: 365 (1892).
Ailanthus glandulosa var. spinosa M.Vilm. & Bois Frutic. Vilmor.: 31 (1904).
Ailanthus japonica Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 2: 364 (1892).
Ailanthus japonica K.Koch Dendrologie 1: 569 (1869), not validly publ.
Ailanthus peregrina F.A.Barkley Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 24: 264 (1937).
Ailanthus procera Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 171 (1796).
Ailanthus rhodoptera F.Muell. Fragm. 3: 43 (1862).
Ailanthus rubra H.Jaeger in H.Jaeger & L.Beissner, Ziergehölze Gärt. Parkanl., ed. 2: 18 (1884).
Ailanthus sinensis Dum.Cours. Bot. Cult., ed. 2, 6: 227 (1811), nom. superfl.
Ailanthus vilmoriniana Dode Rev. Hort. (Paris) 76: 444 (1904).
Ailanthus vilmoriniana var. henanensis Jian Y.Chen & L.Y.Jin Acta Bot. Yunnan. 12: 42 (1990).
Choerospondias auriculata D.Chandra J. Bombay Nat. Hist. Soc. 75: 459 (1978 publ. 1979).
Pongelion cacodendron (Ehrh.) Farw. Amer. Midl. Naturalist 12: 67 (1930).
Pongelion glandulosum (Desf.) Pierre Fl. Forest. Cochinch.: t. 294 (1894).
Pongelion vilmorinianum (Dode) Tiegh. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 9, 4: 276 (1906), nom. provis.
Rhus cacodendron Ehrh. Hannover. Mag. 1783: 227 (1783).
Rhus sinensis Houtt. Nat. Hist. 2(2): 212 (1774), pro syn.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Ailanthus glandulosa Desf.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Ailanthus pongelium	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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