Plant Details

Accepted name:: Tsuga heterophylla (Raf.) Sarg. [Pinaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

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

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 8 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Abies albertiana A.Murray bis Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 3: 149 (1863).
Abies bridgesii Kellogg Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci. 2: 8 (1863).
Abies heterophylla Raf. Atlantic J. 1: 119 (1832).
Abies microphylla Raf. Atlantic J. 1: 119 (1832), nom. rej.
Pinus pattoniana W.R.McNab Proc. Roy. Irish Acad., ser. 2, 2: 211 (1876), nom. illeg.
Tsuga albertiana (A.Murray bis) Sénécl. Traité Gén. Conif.: 18 (1855).
Tsuga heterophylla f. argenteovariegata (C.K.Schneid.) Rehder Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 648 (1949).
Tsuga heterophylla var. argenteovariegata C.K.Schneid. in E.E.Silva Tarouca, Uns. Freil.-Nadelhölzer: 294 (1913).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Tsuga heterophylla	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Tsuga heterophylla (Raf.) Sarg.	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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