Plant Details

Accepted name:: Castanea dentata (Marshall) Borkh. [Fagaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
american chestnut	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
amerikanische kastanie	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
amerikansk kastanj	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
châtaignier d'amérique	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 9 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Castanea americana (Michx.) Raf. Fl. Ludov.: 134 (1817).
Castanea americana var. angustifolia Raf. New Fl. 3: 82 (1838).
Castanea americana var. latifolia Raf. New Fl. 3: 82 (1838).
Castanea sativa var. americana (Michx.) Sarg. Gard. & Forest 2: 484 (1889).
Castanea sativa var. pendulifolia Lavallée Énum. Arbres: 113 (1885).
Castanea vesca var. americana Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 193 (1803).
Castanea vesca var. denuda Alph.Wood Class-book Bot.: 832 (1881).
Castanea vulgaris var. americana (Michx.) A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(2): 114 (1864).
Fagus castanea var. dentata Marshall Arbust. Amer.: 46 (1785).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Castanea dentata (Marsh.) Borkh.	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
Castanea dentata (Marshall) Borkh.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Castanea dentata (Marshall) Borkhausen	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Castanea dentata Borkhausen	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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