Plant Details

Accepted name:: Betula nigra L. [Betulaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
river birch	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 6 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Betula americana Buc'hoz Herb. Color. Amérique: t. CIX (1783), nom. nud.
Betula lanulosa Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 181 (1803).
Betula nigra var. parvifolia Regel Nouv. Mém. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 13(2): 120 (1861).
Betula nigra pendula Paul Handb. Villa Gard.: 107 (1855), nom. nud.
Betula rubra F.Michx. Hist. Arbr. Forest. 2: 143 (1811), nom. superfl.
Betula rupestris Raf. W. Rev. & Misc. Mag. 1: 228 (1819).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Betula nigra	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Betula nigra L.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Betula nigra Linnaeus	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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