Plant Details

Accepted name:: Liriodendron tulipifera L. [Magnoliaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
american whitewood	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bois jaune	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
canary whitewood	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tulip poplar	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
tulip tree	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
tulip-poplar	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
tulipifero	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
tuliptree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
tulpanträd	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
white wood	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yellow poplar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
yellow-poplar	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
凹朴皮	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
鹅掌揪根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
bark, root	oil	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
wood, bark		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 18 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Liriodendron fastigiatum Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 3: 155, 736 (1893), pro syn.
Liriodendron procerum Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 379 (1796), nom. superfl.
Liriodendron truncatifolium Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 3: 233 (1912).
Liriodendron tulipifera var. acutilobum Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 326 (1803).
Liriodendron tulipifera f. aureomarginatum Schelle in L.Beissner, E.Schelle & H.Zabel, Handb. Laubholzben.: 101 (1903).
Liriodendron tulipifera f. fastigiatum (H.Jaeger) Schelle in L.Beissner, E.Schelle & H.Zabel, Handb. Laubholzben.: 101 (1903).
Liriodendron tulipifera var. fastigiatum H.Jaeger in H.Jaeger & L.Beissner, Ziergehölze Gärt. Parkanl., ed. 2: 203 (1884).
Liriodendron tulipifera var. flavum Loudon Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 1: 285 (1838).
Liriodendron tulipifera f. heterophyllum K.Koch Dendrologie 1: 381 (1869).
Liriodendron tulipifera f. integrifolium (G.Kirchn.) Schelle in L.Beissner, E.Schelle & H.Zabel, Handb. Laubholzben.: 101 (1903).
Liriodendron tulipifera var. integrifolium G.Kirchn. in E.A.Petzold & G.Kirchner, Arbor. Muscav.: 118 (1864).
Liriodendron tulipifera subsp. integrifolium (G.Kirchn.) K.Koch Dendrologie 1: 381 (1869).
Liriodendron tulipifera f. obtusilobum (Michx.) Schelle in L.Beissner, E.Schelle & H.Zabel, Handb. Laubholzben.: 101 (1903).
Liriodendron tulipifera var. obtusilobum Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 326 (1803).
Liriodendron tulipifera subsp. obtusilobum (Michx.) K.Koch Dendrologie 1: 381 (1869).
Liriodendron tulipifera var. pyramidale Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 3: 155 (1893).
Liriodendron tulipifera var. variegatum Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 3: 155 (1893).
Tulipifera liriodendrum Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8. (1768).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Liriodendron tulipifera	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Liriodendron tulipifera L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Liriodendron tulipifera Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

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