Plant Details

Accepted name:: Nyssa sylvatica Marshall [Nyssaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
black gum	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
black tupelo	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
blackgum	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 13 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Nyssa multiflora Wangenh. Beytr. Teut. Forstwiss.: 46 (1787).
Nyssa canadensis Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 4: 507 (1798).
Nyssa caroliniana Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 4: 507 (1798).
Nyssa ciliata Raf. Atlantic J. 1: 176 (1833).
Nyssa integrifolia Aiton Hort. Kew. 3: 446 (1789).
Nyssa integrifolia var. glauca Pers. Syn. Pl. 2: 614 (1807).
Nyssa multiflora Elliott Sketch Bot. S. Carolina 2: 684 (1824).
Nyssa multiflora var. sylvatica (Marshall) S.Watson Bibl. Index N. Amer. Bot.: 442 (1878), nom. superfl.
Nyssa sylvatica var. aquatica Sarg. Gard. & Forest 2: 435 (1889).
Nyssa sylvatica var. caroliniana (Poir.) Fernald Rhodora 37: 436 (1935).
Nyssa sylvatica var. dilatata Fernald Rhodora 37: 436 (1935).
Nyssa sylvatica var. typica Fernald Rhodora 37: 434 (1935), not validly publ.
Nyssa villosa Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 258 (1803).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Nyssa multiflora	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Nyssa multiflora Wangengh	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Nyssa sylvatica	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Nyssa sylvatica Marsh.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Nyssa sylvatica Marshall	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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