Plant Details

Accepted name:: Serenoa repens (W.Bartram) Small [Arecaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
american dwarf palm tree	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
dwarf palm tree	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
dwarf palmetto	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
fan palm	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
fructus serenoae repentis	Pharmaceutical	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
palma enana americana	Other	Annexo III: Veg. Drugs in Registry of Meds, Argentina (2009)
palmetta di florida	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
palmier de l'amérique du nord	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
palmito enano de la florida	Other	Annexo III: Veg. Drugs in Registry of Meds, Argentina (2009)
sabal	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
sabal extract	Other	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
sabal fructus	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
sabal palm	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
sabal serrulata	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
sabal serrulatum extract	Other	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
sabalis serrulatae fructus	Pharmaceutical	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
saw palmetto	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
saw palmetto berries	Other	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
saw palmetto fruit	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
saw-palmetto	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
scrub-palmetto	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
serenoa	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
serenoa, fruto	Other	Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)
strauchpalmettopalme	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sägepalme	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
sägepalmenfrüchte	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
sägezahnpalme	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sågpalmetto	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
zwergpalme	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
fruit		British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
Fruto	Fruto maduro - parcialmente desecado	Annexo III: Veg. Drugs in Registry of Meds, Argentina (2009)
fruit	partially dried, ripe fruit	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016)
Fruit		Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Fruit	Oil, Dry fruit	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
fruit	oil, ripe fruit	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
	extract	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
fruit	ripe fruit	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020)
fruit	dried ripe fruit	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
fruit		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
fruit	dried fruit	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
fruit	dried fruit	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008)
fruit	dried ripe fruit	European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
fruit	Dried ripe fruit	European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012)
fruit	partially dried, ripe fruit	U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013)
fruto maduro seco		Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013)

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

Sabal serrulata (Michx.) Schult.f. Syst. Veg. 7: 1486 (1830).
Serenoa serrulata (Michx.) Hook.f. Rep. Progr. Condition Roy. Gard. Kew 1882: 64 (1884).
Brahea serrulata (Michx.) H.Wendl. in O.C.E.de Kerchove de Denterghem, Palmiers: 235 (1878).
Chamaerops serrulata Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 1: 239 (1803).
Corypha obliqua W.Bartram Travels Carolina: 61 (1791).
Corypha repens W.Bartram Travels Carolina: 61 (1791).
Diglossophyllum serrulatum (Michx.) Schaedtler Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 31: 162 (1875).
Serenoa repens f. glauca Moldenke Phytologia 14: 326 (1967).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Sabal serrulatatum (Michx.) Schult.f.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Serenoa repens	Med. Fitoterápicos no Brasil (Carvalho et al., 2008) Med. Pl. and Extracts Market News Service (Brinkmann et al., 2009) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Serenoa repens (Bartr.) Small	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998)
Serenoa repens (Bartr.) Small.	WHO Monographs Med. Pl. 2 (WHO, 2004)
Serenoa repens (Bartram) Small	Annexo III: Veg. Drugs in Registry of Meds, Argentina (2009) E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 32 (2008)
Serenoa repens (Bartram) Small.	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) European Pharmacopoeia, 6th edn. (2007)
Serenoa repens (W. Bart.) Small	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Serenoa repens (W. Bartram) Small	British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) European Pharmacopoeia, 7th edn. (2012) Farmacopea Herbolaria Mexicanos (2013) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 37 (2013) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 39 (2016) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Serenoa repens (W.Bartram) Small	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. Pharmacopoeia USP 43 (2020) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Serenoa repens Small	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Serenoa serrulata Hooker	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Seronoa repens (Bartram) Small.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

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