Plant Details

Accepted name:: Ulex europaeus L. [Fabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 2

Ulex europaeus subsp. europaeus

Ulex europaeus subsp. latebracteatus (Mariz) Rothm.

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
common gorse	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
european gorse	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
furze	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
gorse	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
gorse flowers	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
ulex europaeus, flos	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
whin	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
flower		U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 1 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Genista europaea (L.) E.H.L.Krause in J.W.Sturm, Deutschl. Fl. Abbild., ed. 2. 9: 108 (1901).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Ulex europaeus	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Ulex europaeus L.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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