Mealy Tree

At a glance

Origin / distribution: Spain, Spanish, ", FR, IT, PT

Cultural traditions: not documented

Recorded uses: Intoxicant, Narcotic, Poison

Science studied: CORIARIN, ELLAGIC-ACID, PYROGALLOL, QUERCETIN

Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗

Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.

Names and identity

Family: Coriariaceae

Scientific name: Coriaria myrtifolia

Common names: Mealy Tree, Corroyère à feuilles de myrte, Corroyère à feuilles de myrte, Redoul, Herbe-aux-tanneurs, Emborrachacabras, Gerberstrauch, Mediterranean coriaria, Myrtenblättriger Gerberstrauch, Sommacco a foglie di mirto, corroyère à feuilles de myrte, europeisk garvarbuske, garbiarnik myrtolistý, ink plant, kožařka myrtolistá, myrttikoriaria, redoul, roldor, Кориария миртолистная, セイヨウドクウツギ

POWO: 271361-1 · WCVP June 2026 / POWO backbone

History

The source record documents this plant in Spain, Spanish, ", FR, IT, PT.

It records these historical or traditional applications:

• Intoxicant
• Narcotic
• Poison

This summary is limited to the cited source record.

Origins and distribution

• Spain
• Spanish
• "
• FR
• IT
• PT

Documented cultural uses

• Intoxicant
• Narcotic
• Poison

Cultural record detail

These entries are transcribed from the cited ethnobotanical source; they do not represent current advice or a claim of efficacy.

• Intoxicant · Spain · "
• Narcotic · Spanish · "
• Poison · " · "

Contemporary uses

Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.

Scientific research

Indexed records indicate research activity; they do not establish efficacy or safety.

Indexed research records

• <i>Pseudofrankia coriaricola</i> sp. nov., isolated from root nodules of <i>Coriaria myrtifolia</i>. · 2026 source ↗
• Root Nodule Microsymbionts of Native <i>Coriaria myrtifolia</i> in Algeria. · 2022 source ↗
• Decrypting phytomicrobiome of the neurotoxic actinorhizal species, <i>Coriaria myrtifolia</i>, and dispersal boundary of <i>Frankia</i> cluster 2 in soil outward compatible host rhizosphere. · 2022 source ↗

Scientific compounds

Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.

• CORIARIN
• ELLAGIC-ACID
• PYROGALLOL
• QUERCETIN
• SUCROSE
• CORIAMYRTINE
• EO
• RESIN
• TANNIN
• GALLIC-ACID

Legality

No exact international trade listing was returned by the CITES checklist for this accepted name. Country-specific law is not assessed here.

Consult the CITES species checklist for current international and national requirements.

Reference images

Sources

Plants of the World Online (POWO) · Kew data terms; cite POWO/WCVP

World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) · CC BY 3.0

CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive

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