Plant Details

Accepted name:: Syringa vulgaris L. [Oleaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
common lilac	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
lilac	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
lilla	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
serenella	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
syren	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
白花丁香	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
bark, leaves, flower, root, fruit	leaves extract	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
herb, flower		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 65 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Syringa vulgaris f. alba (Weston) Voss Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 652 (1894).
Syringa vulgaris var. alba Weston Bot. Univ. 1: 289 (1770).
Lilac caerulea (Jonst.) Lunell Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 506 (1916).
Lilac cordatifolia Gilib. Exerc. Phyt. 1: 1 (1792), opus utique oppr.
Lilac suaveolens Gilib. Fl. Lit. Inch. 1: 1 (1782), opus utique oppr.
Lilac vulgaris (L.) Lam. Fl. Franç. 2: 305 (1779).
Lilac vulgaris var. alba (Weston) Jacques & Hérincq Man. Gén. Pl. 3: 54 (1857).
Lilac vulgaris var. coerulea (Weston) Jacques & Hérincq Man. Gén. Pl. 3: 54 (1857).
Lilac vulgaris var. purpurea (Weston) Jacques & Hérincq Man. Gén. Pl. 3: 54 (1857).
Lilac vulgaris var. violacea (Aiton) Jacques & Hérincq Man. Gén. Pl. 3: 54 (1857).
Liliacum album (Weston) Renault Fl. Orne: 100 (1800).
Liliacum vulgare (L.) Renault Fl. Orne: 100 (1800).
Syringa alba (Weston) A.Dietr. ex Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 112 (1889).
Syringa albiflora Opiz Naturalientausch 10: 239 (1825), nom. superfl.
Syringa amoena K.Koch Dendrologie 2(1): 266 (1872), not validly publ.
Syringa bicolor K.Koch Dendrologie 2(1): 266 (1872), not validly publ.
Syringa caerulea Jonst. Dendrogr., ed. 2: 2: 219 (1768).
Syringa carlsruhensis K.Koch Dendrologie 2(1): 266 (1872), not validly publ.
Syringa cordifolia Stokes Bot. Comm. 1: 33 (1830), nom. superfl.
Syringa cordifolia var. alba Stokes Bot. Comm. 1: 32 (1830).
Syringa cordifolia var. caerulescens Stokes Bot. Comm. 1: 31 (1830).
Syringa cordifolia var. purpurascens Stokes Bot. Comm. 1: 31 (1830).
Syringa latifolia Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 13 (1796), nom. superfl.
Syringa lilac Thouin Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 20: 145 (1813), nom. superfl.
Syringa lilac var. alba (Weston) Thouin Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 20: 145 (1813).
Syringa lilac var. purpurea (Weston) Thouin Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 20: 145 (1813).
Syringa lilac var. violacea (Aiton) Thouin Ann. Mus. Natl. Hist. Nat. 20: 145 (1813).
Syringa marliensis K.Koch Dendrologie 2(1): 266 (1872), not validly publ.
Syringa nigricans K.Koch Dendrologie 2(1): 266 (1872), not validly publ.
Syringa notgeri K.Koch Dendrologie 2(1): 266 (1872), not validly publ.
Syringa philemon K.Koch Dendrologie 2(1): 266 (1872), not validly publ.
Syringa rhodopea Velen. Reliq. Mrkvič.: 20 (1922).
Syringa versaliensis K.Koch Dendrologie 2(1): 266 (1872), not validly publ.
Syringa virginalis K.Koch Dendrologie 2(1): 266 (1872), not validly publ.
Syringa vulgaris var. alba Aiton Hort. Kew. 1: 15 (1789).
Syringa vulgaris var. albiflora Pančić Verh. Zool.-Bot. Vereins Wien 6: 536 (1856), nom. illeg.
Syringa vulgaris var. albiflora Bluff & Fingerh. Comp. Fl. German. 1: 11 (1825).
Syringa vulgaris f. albipleniflora S.D.Zhao Fl. Liaoningica 2: 1158 (1992).
Syringa vulgaris var. caerulea Aiton Hort. Kew. 1: 15 (1789).
Syringa vulgaris var. caroli F.Neumann Blumen-Zeitung 15: 202 (1842).
Syringa vulgaris f. coerulea (Weston) Schelle in L.Beissner, E.Schelle & H.Zabel, Handb. Laubholzben.: 414 (1903).
Syringa vulgaris var. coerulea Weston Bot. Univ. 1: 289 (1770).
Syringa vulgaris var. colmariensis F.Neumann Blumen-Zeitung 15: 202 (1842).
Syringa vulgaris duplex Kuntze Taschen-Fl. Leipzig: 82 (1867).
Syringa vulgaris var. lilacina Sweet Hort. Brit.: 272 (1826).
Syringa vulgaris var. macrantha Borbás Erdész. Lapok 1882: 883 (1882).
Syringa vulgaris var. marlyensis F.Neumann Blumen-Zeitung 15: 195 (1842).
Syringa vulgaris var. media F.Neumann Blumen-Zeitung 15: 201 (1842).
Syringa vulgaris plena Oudin Nursery Cat. (Oudin aîné & fils) 1841: 22 (1841).
Syringa vulgaris f. plena (Oudin) Rehder Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 567 (1949).
Syringa vulgaris var. plena (Oudin) Rehder in L.H.Bailey, Cycl. Amer. Hort. 4: 1763 (1902).
Syringa vulgaris var. pulchella Velen. Sitzungsber. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Cl. 37: 43 (1893 publ. 1894).
Syringa vulgaris f. purpurea (Weston) Schelle in L.Beissner, E.Schelle & H.Zabel, Handb. Laubholzben.: 413 (1903).
Syringa vulgaris var. purpurea Weston Bot. Univ. 1: 289 (1770).
Syringa vulgaris var. purpurea St.-Lag. in A.Cariot, Étude Fl., éd. 8, 2: 564 (1889).
Syringa vulgaris var. regia St.-Lag. in A.Cariot, Étude Fl., éd. 8, 2: 564 (1889).
Syringa vulgaris var. rhotomagensis F.Neumann Blumen-Zeitung 15: 202 (1842).
Syringa vulgaris var. rubra Lodd. ex Loudon Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 2: 1209 (1838).
Syringa vulgaris var. rubra-maxima F.Neumann Blumen-Zeitung 15: 202 (1842).
Syringa vulgaris var. semiplena F.Neumann Blumen-Zeitung 15: 202 (1842).
Syringa vulgaris var. sibbirica F.Neumann Blumen-Zeitung 15: 201 (1842).
Syringa vulgaris var. transsilvanica Schur Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 451 (1866).
Syringa vulgaris f. violacea (Aiton) Schelle in L.Beissner, E.Schelle & H.Zabel, Handb. Laubholzben.: 413 (1903).
Syringa vulgaris var. violacea Aiton Hort. Kew. 1: 15 (1789).
Syringa vulgaris var. virginalis F.Neumann Blumen-Zeitung 15: 202 (1842).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Syringa vulgaris	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Syringa vulgaris L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Syringa vulgaris L. f. alba (Weston) Vass.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Syringa vulgaris L. f. alba (Weston) Voss.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Syringa vulgaris L. var. alba Weston	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Syringa vulgaris Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

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