Handbook of Medicinal Herbs

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(Synonym: Mangostana cambogia Gaertn.),
481
Male Fern; Dryopteris filix-mas (L.) Schott, 482
Mallow, High Mallow (Cheeses, Tall Mallow); Malva
sylvestris L. (Synonyms: M. mauritiana L.,
M. sylvestris var. incanescens Griseb.), 482
Manacá; Brunfelsia uniflora (Pohl) D. Don
(Synonyms: Brunfelsia hopeana (Hook.)
Benth., Franciscea hopeana Hook., F.
uniflora Pohl), 483
Manchineel; Hippomane mancinella L., 484
Mandrake; Mandragora officinarum L. (Synonym: M.
vernalis Bertol.), 484
Mango; Mangifera indica L., 485
Manna (Flowering Ash, Manna Ash); Fraxinus ornus
L., 486
Marijuana; Cannabis sativa L., 486
Maritime Pine (Cluster Pine); Pinus pinaster Aiton
(Synonym: Pinus maritima Lam.), 488
Marsh Blazing Star (Blazing Star, Button Snakewort,
Gayfeather, Prairie Pine); Liatris spicata (L.)
Willd. (Synonyms: Larciniaria spicata (L.)
Kuntze, Liatris callilepis hort., Serratula
spicata L.), 489
Marshmallow (White Mallow); Althaea officinalis L.
(Synonym: A. taurinensis DC.), 489
Marsh-Marigold (Cowslip, Kingcup, Meadow
Bright); Caltha palustris L. (Synonym: C.
polypetala Hochst. ex Lorent), 490
Marsh Tea (Crystal Tea, Wild Rosemary); Ledum
palustre L. (Synonyms: Rhododendron
palustre (L.) Kron & Judd, R. tomentosum
(Stokes) Harmaja), 491
Martagon (Turk’s-Cap, Turk’sCap Lily); Lilium
martagon L., 491
Marula (Maroola Plum); Sclerocarya birrea (A.
Rich.) Hochst. subsp. caffra (Sond.)
Kokwaro (Synonym: Sclerocarya caffra
Sond.), 492
Marupa, Bitter Wood; Simarouba amara Aubl.
(Synonym: Quassia simarouba L. f.), 492
Masterwort; Peucedanum ostruthium (L.) W. D. J.
Koch. (Synonym: Imperatoria major Gray, I.
ostruthium L.), 492
Mastic (Chios Mastictree); Pistacia lentiscus L., 493
Maté (Paraguay Tea, Yerba-Maté); Ilex
paraguariensis St.-Hil., 494
Matico (Spiked Pepper); Piper aduncum L.
(Synonyms: Piper angustifolium Ruiz &
Pav., P. celtidifolium Kunth, P. elongatum
Vahl.), 494
Matrimony Vine; Lycium barbarum L. (Synonyms: L.
halimifolium Mill., Lycium vulgare Dunal.),
495


Mayapple, American Mandrake (Wild Mandrake);
Podophyllum peltatum L., 496
Meadowsweet (Queen-of-the-Meadow); Filipendula
ulmaria (L.) Maxim. (Synonym: Spiraea
ulmaria L.), 497
Melatonin (+); N.A., 498
Melon, Cantaloupe; Cucumis melo L., 498
Mescal (Hemp Plant, Sisal Agave, Sisal Hemp);
Agave sisalana Perrine, 499
Mescal Bean (Texas Mountain Laurel); Sophora
secundiflora (Ortega) Lag. ex DC.
(Synonym: Broussonetia secundiflora
Ortega), 499
Mesquite (Ironwood); Prosopis juliflora (Sw.) DC.,
499
Metel, Hindu Datura (Downy Thornapple, Hindu
Thornapple, Hoary Thornapple, Horn-of-
Plenty, Purple Thornapple); Datura metel L
(Synonyms: D. alba Nees, D. chlorantha
Hook., D. fastuosa L., D. metel var. fastuosa
(L.) Staff.), 500
Mexican Calea, Dog’s Grass, Bitter Grass; Calea
zacatechichi Schlecht, 500
Mezereon (February Daphne, Paradise Plant);
Daphne mezereum L., 501
Milk Thistle (Blessed Milk Thistle, Gundagai Thistle,
Holy Thistle, Lady’s Thistle, Variegated
Thistle); Silybum marianum (L.) Gaertn.
(Synonym: Carduus marianus L.), 502
Milkweed (Common Milkweed, Silky Swallowwort,
Virginia Silk); Asclepias syriaca L., 503
Mimosa (Silktree, Silktree Albizia, Siris, Varay
Cotton); Albizia julibrissin Durazz.
(Synonym: Mimosa arborea Forssk.), 504
Missouri Snakeroot, Wild Quinine (American
Feverfew, Prairie Dock); Parthenium
integrifolium L., 504
Mistletoe (European Mistletoe); Viscum album L.,
505
Mohodu-Wa-Pela; Cineraria aspera Thunb., 506
Mole Plant (Caper Spurge, Gopherplant); Euphorbia
lathyris L. (Synonym: E. lathyrus L.), 506
Moneywort (Creeping Jenny); Lysimachia
nummularia L., 507
Monkshood (Aconite, Bear’s Foot, Blue Rocket,
Friar’s Cap, Garden Monkshood, Garden
Wolfsbane, Helmet Flower, Queen’s Fettle,
Soldier’s Cap, Turk’s Cap); Aconitum
napellus L., 507
Moonseed (Yellow Parilla); Menispermum canadense
L., 508
Mormon Tea (Gray Ephedra, Nevada Ephedra);
Ephedra nevadensis S. Watson, 509
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