Plant Details

Accepted name:

Myrica cerifera L. [Myricaceae]

Source of taxonomy and confidence:

World Checklist: unpublished records ( )

Information about this plant:

Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
arbre à cire	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
arbre à suif	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
arbre á cire	Other	Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) Les Plantes Arom. et Med. (Bremness, 1996) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
arrayán	Other	Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996) Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
barberry	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bayberry	Other	Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al, 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
berry wax	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
candle berry	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
candleberry	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
candleberry bark	Other	Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al, 2007)
cera vegetal	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
cirier	Other	Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) Les Plantes Arom. et Med. (Bremness, 1996) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
corteccia	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
fallow shrub	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
louro-bravo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
mirica	Other	Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995)
myrica	Other	Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al, 2007)
myrica cerifera	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
southern bayberry	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al, 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Native American Ethnobotany (Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
southern wax myrtle	Other	Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al, 2007)
southern wax-myrtle	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
tallow shrub	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
vaxpors	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
wachsbeerbaum	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Kräuter Gewürze und Heilpflanzen (Bremness, 1994) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
wachsmyrte	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
wax myrtle	Other	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) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
wax myrtle bark	Other	Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al, 2007)
wax-myrtle	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
waxberry	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
waxmyrtle	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Root bark		Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al, 2007)
root		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 33 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

synonym
Morella cerifera (L.) Small Fl. S.E. U.S.: 337 (1903).
Myrica mexicana Humb. & Bonpl. ex Willd. Enum. Pl.: 1011 (1809).
Myrica microcarpa Benth. Pl. Hartw.: 266 (1846).
Myrica xalapensis Kunth in F.W.H.von Humboldt, A.J.A.Bonpland & C.S.Kunth, Nov. Gen. Sp. 2: 16 (1817).
Cerophora angustifolia Raf. Alsogr. Amer.: 11 (1838).
Cerophora inodora Raf. Alsogr. Amer.: 11 (1838).
Cerophora lanceolata Raf. Alsogr. Amer.: 11 (1838).
Cerophora spicans Raf. Alsogr. Amer.: 12 (1838).
Cerothamnus cerifer (L.) Small Fl. Miami: 61 (1913).
Cerothamnus pumilus (Michx.) Small Shrubs Florida: 8 (1913).
Lacistema alterum Spreng. Neue Entdeck. Pflanzenk. 3: 20 (1822).
Lacistema berteroanum Schult. Mant. 1: 66 (1822).
Morella domingana (C.DC.) Carlquist Aliso 21: 8 (2002).
Morella pumila (Michx.) Small Fl. S.E. U.S.: 337 (1903).
Myrica altera C.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(2): 595 (1868).
Myrica apiculata Urb. & Ekman Ark. Bot. 22A(8): 13 (1929), non. Saporta (1868), fossil name.
Myrica cerifera var. angustifolia Aiton Hort. Kew. 3: 396 (1789).
Myrica cerifera var. arborescens Castigl. Viagg. Stati Uniti 2: 302 (1790).
Myrica cerifera var. arborescens Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 228 (1803), nom. illeg.
Myrica cerifera var. dubia A.Chev. Mém. Soc. Sci. Nat. Math. Cherbourg 32: 265 (1901).
Myrica cerifera var. pumila Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 228 (1803).
Myrica domingana C.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(2): 154 (1864).
Myrica jamaicensis R.A.Howard & Proctor J. Arnold Arbor. 39: 104 (1958).
Myrica mexicana var. fastuosa A.Chev. Mém. Soc. Sci. Nat. Math. Cherbourg 32: 280 (1901).
Myrica mexicana var. subglabra A.Chev. Mém. Soc. Sci. Nat. Math. Cherbourg 32: 280 (1901).
Myrica microcarpa var. angustifolia C.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(2): 149 (1864).
Myrica microstachya Krug & Urb. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 15: 361 (1892).
Myrica polycarpa M.Martens & Galeotti Bull. Acad. Roy. Sci. Bruxelles 10(2): 134 (1843).
Myrica pumila (Michx.) Small Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 23: 126 (1896).
Myrica pusilla Raf. Alsogr. Amer.: 10 (1838).
Myrica reticulata Krug & Urb. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 15: 360 (1892).
Myrica verrucosa Raf. Alsogr. Amer.: 9 (1838).
Pimecaria odorata Raf. Alsogr. Amer.: 64 (1838).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Morella cerifera (L.) Sm.	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Morella cerifera (L.) Small	Archivos de Flora Iberica (Morales et al., 1996) Encyclopedia of Herb. Medicine (Bartram, 1995) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Kräuter Gewürze und Heilpflanzen (Bremness, 1994) Les Plantes Arom. et Med. (Bremness, 1996) Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
Morella cerifera (Linnaeus) Small	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Morella cerifera L.	Med. Plants for Diabetes in C. America (Giovannini et al, 2016)
Myrica cerifera	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015)
Myrica cerifera L.	Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al, 2007) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Native American Ethnobotany (Moerman, 1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Myrica mexicana Willd.	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
Myrica microcarpa	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015)
Myrica xalapensis H.B.K.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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