Plant Details

Accepted name:: Chionanthus virginicus 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:
albero della neve	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
american fringetree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
arbre de neige	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
arbre à franges	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
chionanthi virginici radicis cortex	Pharmaceutical	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
chionanthus virginica	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
fringe tree	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
fringetree	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
graybeard	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
old man's beard	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
old mans bread	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
old-man's-beard	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
old-mans-beard	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
poison ash	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
poison-ash	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
snowdrop tree	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
snowflower	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
snöflockbuske	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
virginischer schneeflockenstrauch	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
white fringetree	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 23 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Chionanthus angustifolius Raf. New Fl. 3: 88 (1838).
Chionanthus cotinifolius Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 1: 47 (1797).
Chionanthus fragrans Edwards ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 351 (1840).
Chionanthus heterophylus Raf. New Fl. 3: 87 (1838).
Chionanthus latifolius Aiton ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 350 (1840), nom. nud.
Chionanthus longifolius Raf. New Fl. 3: 88 (1838).
Chionanthus luteus Lavallée Énum. Arbres: 173 (1877).
Chionanthus maritimus (Pursh) Prince Short Treat. Hort.: 92 (1828).
Chionanthus montanus (Pursh) Prince Short Treat. Hort.: 92 (1828), nom. illeg.
Chionanthus obovatus Raf. New Fl. 3: 87 (1838).
Chionanthus roseus Barton Fl. Virgin.: 2 (1812).
Chionanthus trifidus Moench Methodus: 478 (1794).
Chionanthus triflorus Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 1: 19 (1812).
Chionanthus vernalis Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 14 (1796).
Chionanthus vernus Baill. Hist. Pl. 1: 295 (1869).
Chionanthus virginicus var. angustifolius Aiton Hort. Kew. 1: 14 (1789).
Chionanthus virginicus var. latifolius Aiton Hort. Kew. 1: 14 (1789).
Chionanthus virginicus var. maritimus Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 8 (1813).
Chionanthus virginicus subsp. maritimus (Pursh) A.E.Murray Kalmia 12: 19 (1982).
Chionanthus virginicus var. montanus Pursh Fl. Amer. Sept. 1: 8 (1813).
Chionanthus zeylanicus Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 1: 30 (1791), nom. illeg.
Ligustrum cotinifolium (Willd.) Jacques Man. Gén. Pl. 3: 3 (1857).
Linociera cotinifolia (Willd.) Vahl Enum. Pl. Obs. 1: 46 (1804).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Chionanthus virginica	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Chionanthus virginica L.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
Chionanthus virginicus L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) 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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