Plant Details

Accepted name:: Abies balsamea (L.) Mill. [Pinaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 2

Abies balsamea var. balsamea

Abies balsamea var. phanerolepis Fernald

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
abete balsamifero	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
american silver fir	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
balsam	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
balsam fir	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) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
balsam fir oil	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
balsamgran	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
balsamtanne	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
canada balsam	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
eastern fir	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
fir balsam	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
fir balsam, canadian	Other	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
fir needle	Other	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)
fir needle oil, canadian type	Other	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018) Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
fir trees	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
sapin balsamier	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sapin baumier	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sapin baumier, canada	Other	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Balsam		WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
needles, twigs		Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018)
oil		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
leaf, twig	oil	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
leaf (needle), terminal branchlet	essential oil	ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 4 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Peuce balsamea (L.) Rich. Ann. Mus. Hist. Nat. 16: 298 (1810), not validly publ.
Picea balsamea (L.) Loudon Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 4: 2339 (1838).
Pinus balsamea L. Sp. Pl.: 1002 (1753).
Pinus taxifolia Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 399 (1796), nom. superfl.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Abies balsamea	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Abies balsamea (L.) Mill	Food Chemicals Codex, 6th edn. (USP, 2008)
Abies balsamea (L.) Mill.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) ISO 4720:2009 Essential Oils: Nomenclature (2009) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Abies balsamea (L.) P. Mill.	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Abies balsamea (L.) P.Mill.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
Abies balsamea L.,Mill.	Food Chemicals Codex, 11th edn. (USP, 2018)
Abies balsamea Mill.	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998)
Abies balsamea Miller	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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