Plant Details

Accepted name:: Kalmia latifolia L. [Ericaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bredbladig kalmia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
calico bush	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
calico-bush	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
ivy	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
ivy-bush	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
kalmia latifolia	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
mountain laurel	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
mountain-laurel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
poison-laurel	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
spoonwood	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

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

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

Chamaedaphne latifolia (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 388 (1891).
Kalmia latifolia alba Bosse Vollst. Handb. Bl.-Gärtn., ed. 2, 2: 348 (1841).
Kalmia latifolia f. alba (Bosse) Rehder Rhodora 12: 2 (1910).
Kalmia latifolia f. angustata Rehder J. Arnold Arbor. 26: 481 (1945).
Kalmia latifolia var. coronata A.Gray Amer. Naturalist 2: 324 (1869).
Kalmia latifolia f. fuscata (Rehder) Rehder Rhodora 12: 2 (1910).
Kalmia latifolia var. fuscata Rehder Möller's Deutsche Gärtn.-Zeitung 18: 578 (1903).
Kalmia latifolia var. laevipes Fernald Rhodora 42: 53 (1940).
Kalmia latifolia f. minor K.Koch Dendrologie 2(1): 153 (1872).
Kalmia latifolia var. monstruosa Mouill. Traité Arbr. Arbriss. 2: 1027 (1897).
Kalmia latifolia var. myrtifolia Bosse ex H.Jaeger Ziergehölze Gärt. Parkanl.: 280 (1864).
Kalmia latifolia f. myrtifolia (Bosse ex H.Jaeger) K.Koch Dendrologie 2(1): 153 (1872).
Kalmia latifolia var. nana Mouill. Traité Arbr. Arbriss. 2: 1027 (1897).
Kalmia latifolia var. obtusata Rehder Möller's Deutsche Gärtn.-Zeitung 18: 577 (1903).
Kalmia latifolia f. obtusata (Rehder) Rehder Rhodora 12: 2 (1910).
Kalmia latifolia var. pavartii André Rev. Hort. (Paris) 60: 541 (1888).
Kalmia latifolia var. polypetala G.Nicholson Hand-List Trees Shrubs 2: 49 (1896).
Kalmia latifolia f. polypetala (G.Nicholson) Rehder Rhodora 12: 1 (1910).
Kalmia latifolia f. rubra Sweet ex K.Koch Dendrologie 2(1): 152 (1872).
Kalmia latifolia var. rubra (Sweet ex K.Koch) Rehder in L.H.Bailey, Cycl. Amer. Hort. 2: 854 (1900).
Kalmia myrtifolia André Rev. Hort. (Paris) 55: 10 (1883).
Kalmia nitida J.Forbes Hort. Woburn.: 93 (1833).
Kalmia serotina Hoffmanns. Verz. Pfl.-Kult.: 70 (1824).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Kalmia latifolia	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Kalmia latifolia L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 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) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

Kalmia latifolia

SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)

Kalmia latifolia L.

GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998)
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 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)
World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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