Plant Details

Accepted name:: Monarda didyma L. [Lamiaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bee balm	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
beebalm	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bergamot	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
fragrantbalm	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
goldmelisse	Other	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
mountain-mint	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
oswego beebalm	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
oswego tea	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
oswego-tea	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
röd temynta	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
scarlet beebalm	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
scarlet monarda	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
scharlach-indianernessel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
herb		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

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

Monarda coccinea Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 16 (1803).
Monarda contorta C.Morren Belgique Hort. 1: 37 (1851).
Monarda didyma var. angustifolia Torr. Fl. N. Middle United States 1: 25 (1824).
Monarda didynama Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 1: 44 (1812), orth. var.
Monarda kalmiana Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 17 (1813).
Monarda oswegoensis W.P.C.Barton Fl. Philadelph. Prodr. 1: 34 (1815).
Monarda purpurascens Wender. Index Seminum (MB, Marburgensis) 1828: [4] (1828).
Monarda purpurea Lam. Encycl. 4: 256 (1797).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Monarda didyma	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Monarda didyma L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

Monarda didyma

Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)

Monarda didyma L.

GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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