Plant Details

Accepted name:: Forestiera acuminata (Michx.) Poir. [Oleaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

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

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 18 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Adelia acuminata Michx. Fl. Bor.-Amer. 2: 225 (1803).
Adelia ovata Desf. ex Pers. Syn. Pl. 2: 635 (1807).
Bigelovia acuminata (Michx.) Sm. in A.Rees, Cycl. 39(2): [s.p.] (1819).
Borya acuminata (Michx.) Willd. Sp. Pl., ed. 4. 4: 711 (1806).
Borya obovata Desf. Tabl. École Bot., ed. 3: 88 (1829).
Borya prinoides Willd. Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol., Suppl.: 66 (1814).
Borya retusa Willd. Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol., Suppl.: 66 (1814).
Carpoxis inermis Raf. New Fl. 3: 92 (1838).
Carpoxis nitida Raf. New Fl. 3: 91 (1838).
Carpoxis prinoides (Willd.) Raf. New Fl. 3: 92 (1838).
Carpoxis retusa (Willd.) Raf. New Fl. 3: 92 (1838).
Carpoxis spinosa Raf. New Fl. 3: 92 (1838).
Forestiera acuminata f. vestita (E.J.Palmer) M.C.Johnst. S. W. Naturalist 2: 146 (1958).
Forestiera acuminata var. vestita E.J.Palmer J. Arnold Arbor. 4: 29 (1923).
Forestiera cuneifolia Raf. New Fl. 3: 91 (1838).
Forestiera nitida Raf. New Fl. 3: 91 (1838).
Forestiera prinoides (Willd.) Raf. New Fl. 3: 92 (1838).
Forestiera retusa (Willd.) Raf. New Fl. 3: 92 (1838).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Forestiera acuminata (Michx.) Poir.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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