Plant Details

Accepted name:: Fagus sylvatica L. [Fagaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
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Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
beech	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
common beech	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
copper beech	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dawyck beech	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
european beech	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
fagus sylvatica	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
fagus sylvatica, flos	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
haya	Other	Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021)
oriental beech	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
red beech	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
turkish beech	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
seed, wood tar, leaves	fatty oil	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
flower		U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 74 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Castanea fagus Scop. Fl. Carniol., ed. 2, 2: 242 (1771), nom. superfl.
Fagus aspleniifolia (Dum.Cours.) Raf. New Fl. & Silva 3: 82 (1836), nom. illeg.
Fagus cochleata (Dippel) Domin Bull. Int. Acad. Tchéque Sci., Cl. Sci. Math. Nat. Méd. 33: 70 (1932).
Fagus comptoniifolia Desf. Tabl. École Bot., ed. 2: 269 (1815), nom. nud.
Fagus cuprea Hurter ex A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(2): 119 (1864), pro syn.
Fagus echinata Gilib. Exerc. Phyt. 2: 396 (1792), opus utique oppr.
Fagus incisa Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 2: 51 (1891), pro syn.
Fagus laciniata A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(2): 119 (1864), pro syn.
Fagus purpurea (Aiton) Dum.Cours. Bot. Cult., ed. 2, 1: 282 (1811).
Fagus purpurea var. roseomarginata Cripps Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 12: 669 (1892).
Fagus purpurea tricolor (Simon-Louis ex K.Koch) Pynaert Nursery Cat. (Éd. Pynaert - Van Geert) 1886: 11 (1886).
Fagus sylvatica var. aenea Dum.Cours. Bot. Cult., ed. 2, 6: 415 (1811).
Fagus sylvatica f. albovariegata (Weston) Domin Bull. Int. Acad. Tchéque Sci., Cl. Sci. Math. Nat. Méd. 33: 71 (1932).
Fagus sylvatica var. albovariegata Weston Bot. Univ. 1: 107 (1770).
Fagus sylvatica var. aspleniifolia Dum.Cours. Bot. Cult., ed. 2, 6: 415 (1811).
Fagus sylvatica f. aspleniifolia (Dum.Cours.) C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 153 (1904).
Fagus sylvatica f. atropunicea (Weston) Domin Bull. Int. Acad. Tchéque Sci., Cl. Sci. Math. Nat. Méd. 33: 70 (1932).
Fagus sylvatica var. atropunicea Weston Bot. Univ. 1: 107 (1770).
Fagus sylvatica f. aureovariegata C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 154 (1904).
Fagus sylvatica f. bornyensis Simon-Louis ex Beissn. Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 1910: 162 (1910).
Fagus sylvatica var. cochleata Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 2: 52 (1891).
Fagus sylvatica var. colorata A.DC. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(2): 119 (1864).
Fagus sylvatica var. coriacea Wallr. Sched. Crit.: 494 (1822).
Fagus sylvatica f. cristata (Dum.Cours.) Schelle in L.Beissner, E.Schelle & H.Zabel, Handb. Laubholzben.: 62 (1903).
Fagus sylvatica var. cristata Dum.Cours. Bot. Cult., ed. 2, 6: 415 (1811).
Fagus sylvatica f. fastigiata Simon-Louis ex K.Koch Dendrologie 2(2): 17 (1873).
Fagus sylvatica var. foliis-striatis Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 2: 52 (1891), not validly publ.
Fagus sylvatica var. grandidentata Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 2: 51 (1891).
Fagus sylvatica var. heterophylla Loudon Encycl. Pl.: 1692 (1855).
Fagus sylvatica var. laciniata Vignet in F.W.Schmidt, Samml. Phys.-Oekon. Aufsätze 1: 173 (1795).
Fagus sylvatica f. laciniata (Vignet) Domin Bull. Int. Acad. Tchéque Sci., Cl. Sci. Math. Nat. Méd. 33: 69 (1932).
Fagus sylvatica var. latifolia Loudon Arbor. Frutic. Brit. 3: 1980 (1838).
Fagus sylvatica f. luteovariegata (Weston) Domin Bull. Int. Acad. Tchéque Sci., Cl. Sci. Math. Nat. Méd. 33: 71 (1932).
Fagus sylvatica var. luteovariegata Weston Bot. Univ. 1: 107 (1770).
Fagus sylvatica var. miltonensis A.Henry in H.J.Elwes & A.Henry, Trees Great Britain 1: 10 (1906).
Fagus sylvatica f. pendula (Dum.Cours.) Schelle in L.Beissner, E.Schelle & H.Zabel, Handb. Laubholzben.: 61 (1903).
Fagus sylvatica pendula (Dum.Cours.) Lodd. Cat. 13: 23 (1823).
Fagus sylvatica var. pendula Dum.Cours. Bot. Cult., ed. 2, 6: 415 (1811).
Fagus sylvatica pendula-purpurea Graebener Mitt. Deutsch. Dendrol. Ges. 20: 255 (1911).
Fagus sylvatica var. purpurea Aiton Hortus Kew. 3: 362 (1789).
Fagus sylvatica f. purpurea (Aiton) Schelle in L.Beissner, E.Schelle & H.Zabel, Handb. Laubholzben.: 61 (1903).
Fagus sylvatica purpurea-latifolia Jacob-Makoy Nursery Cat. (L. Jacob-Makoy & Co.) 112: 22 (1868).
Fagus sylvatica purpurea-pendula Van Geert Nursery Cat. (Auguste Van Geert) 71: 125 (1874), nom. nud.
Fagus sylvatica var. purpureopendula H.Jaeger Ziergehölze Gärt. Parkanl.: 225 (1865).
Fagus sylvatica f. purpureopendula (H.Jaeger) Rehder Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 114 (1949).
Fagus sylvatica var. pyramidalis Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 2: 51 (1891).
Fagus sylvatica var. quercifolia (C.K.Schneid.) Geerinck Taxonomania 7: 4 (2002).
Fagus sylvatica f. quercifolia C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 1: 154 (1904).
Fagus sylvatica var. quercoides Pers. Trans. Linn. Soc. London 5: 233 (1801).
Fagus sylvatica f. quercoides (Pers.) Aug.DC. Bull. Int. Acad. Tchéque Sci., Cl. Sci. Math. Nat. Méd. 33: 67 (1932).
Fagus sylvatica remillyensis Simon-Louis Cat. 1868/69: ? (1868).
Fagus sylvatica var. remillyensis (Simon-Louis) A.Henry in H.J.Elwes & A.Henry, Trees Great Britain 1: 10 (1906).
Fagus sylvatica f. retroflexa Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 2: 51 (1891).
Fagus sylvatica f. rohanii (Körb.) C.K.Schneid. Ill. Handb. Laubholzk. 2: 898 (1912).
Fagus sylvatica rohanii Körb. Österr. Gartenkalend. 19: 1March (1894).
Fagus sylvatica f. roseomarginata (Cripps) Domin Bull. Int. Acad. Tchéque Sci., Cl. Sci. Math. Nat. Méd. 33: 71 (1932).
Fagus sylvatica f. roseomarginatis Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 2: 52 (1891).
Fagus sylvatica rotundifolia Jackman Gard. Mag. (London) 37: 339 (1894).
Fagus sylvatica f. rotundifolia (Jackman) Rehder Bibliogr. Cult. Trees: 114 (1949).
Fagus sylvatica f. salicifolia Dippel in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 16(2): 119 (1864).
Fagus sylvatica var. sanguinea Amo Fl. Fan. Peníns. Ibérica 2: 75 (1871).
Fagus sylvatica subsp. sanguinea (Amo) Arcang. Comp. Fl. Ital.: 633 (1882).
Fagus sylvatica var. suentelensis Schelle in L.Beissner, E.Schelle & H.Zabel, Handb. Laubholzben.: 31 (1903).
Fagus sylvatica var. suntalensis Beissn.
Fagus sylvatica f. tortuosa (Pépin) Hegi Ill. Fl. Mitt.-Eur. 3: 98 (1910).
Fagus sylvatica var. tortuosa Pépin Rev. Hort. (Paris) 10: 84 (1861).
Fagus sylvatica proles tortuosa (Pépin) Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 12: 307 (1910).
Fagus sylvatica f. tricolor Simon-Louis ex K.Koch Dendrologie 2(2): 18 (1873).
Fagus sylvatica var. variegata Dippel Handb. Laubholzk. 2: 52 (1891).
Fagus sylvatica var. vulgaris Aiton Hortus Kew. 3: 362 (1789).
Fagus sylvatica f. zlatia (Späth ex E.Goeze) Schelle in L.Beissner, E.Schelle & H.Zabel, Handb. Laubholzben.: 62 (1903).
Fagus sylvatica var. zlatia Späth ex E.Goeze Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 12: 669 (1892).
Fagus sylvestris Gaertn. Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 182 (1788).
Fagus tortuosa (Dippel) F.Boden Z. Forst- Jagdwesen 38: 103 (1906).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Fagus silvatica L.	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998)
Fagus sylvatica	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Fagus sylvatica L.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) 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)
Fagus sylvatica Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

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