Plant Details

Accepted name:: Melaleuca ericifolia Sm. [Myrtaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
swamp paperbark	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 8 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cajuputi ericifolia (Sm.) A.Lyons Pl. Nam.: 74 (1900).
Melaleuca axillaris Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 111 (1841).
Melaleuca gunniana S.Schauer in W.G.Walpers, Repert. Bot. Syst. 2: 928 (1843).
Melaleuca gunniana var. capitata Miq. Ned. Kruidk. Arch. 4: 120 (1856).
Melaleuca heliophila F.Muell. ex Miq. Ned. Kruidk. Arch. 4: 120 (1856).
Melaleuca pinifolia Colla Hortus Ripul., App. 2: 352 (1825).
Melaleuca ternifolia F.Muell. ex Miq. Ned. Kruidk. Arch. 4: 123 (1856).
Myrtoleucodendron ericifolium (Sm.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 241 (1891).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Melaleuca ericifolia	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Melaleuca ericifolia Sm.	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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