Plant Details

Accepted name:: Quercus alba L. [Fagaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
chêne blanc	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
howaito-ōku	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
quebec oak	Other	Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011)
stave oak	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
vitek	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
white oak	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
white oak bark	Other	Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Bark		Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 19 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Quercus alba var. heterophylla Ettingsh. & Krašan Denkschr. Akad. Wiss. Wien, Math.-Naturwiss. Kl. 56: 63 (1889).
Quercus alba var. latiloba Sarg. Bot. Gaz. 65: 435 (1918).
Quercus alba f. latiloba (Sarg.) E.J.Palmer & Steyerm. Ann. Missouri Bot. Gard. 22: 517 (1935).
Quercus alba var. longigemma Trel. Mem. Natl. Acad. Sci. 20: 103 (1924).
Quercus alba var. microcarpa A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(2): 22 (1864).
Quercus alba f. pinnatifida (Michx.) Rehder Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 132 (1949).
Quercus alba var. pinnatifida Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 195 (1803).
Quercus alba var. repanda Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 195 (1803).
Quercus alba f. repanda (Michx.) Trel. Mem. Natl. Acad. Sci. 20: 102 (1924).
Quercus alba var. ryderi Trel. Mem. Natl. Acad. Sci. 20: 102 (1924).
Quercus alba var. subcaerulea Pickens & M.Pickens Castanea 25: 125 (1960).
Quercus alba var. subflavea Pickens & M.Pickens Castanea 25: 125 (1960).
Quercus alba f. sublyrata Trel. Mem. Natl. Acad. Sci. 20: 103 (1925).
Quercus alba f. viridis Trel. Mem. Natl. Acad. Sci. 20: 103 (1924).
Quercus candida Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 426 (1841).
Quercus nigrescens Raf. Alsogr. Amer.: 19 (1838).
Quercus ramosa Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 2: 75, 585 (1891).
Quercus repanda (Michx.) Raf. Alsogr. Amer.: 19 (1838), nom. illeg.
Quercus retusa Raf. Alsogr. Amer.: 22 (1838).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Quercus alba	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Quercus alba L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) 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) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

Quercus alba

SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)

Quercus alba L.

GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998)
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Jamaican Root Tonics (Mitchell, 2011)
Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
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)
World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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