Plant Details

Accepted name:: Allium ampeloprasum L. [Amaryllidaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
agrio-skouráththes	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
agriopraso	Other	Wild Edible Pls. of Paphos & Larnaca of Cyprus (Della et al., 2006)
agrioskordo	Other	Wild Edible Pls. of Paphos & Larnaca of Cyprus (Della et al., 2006)
agrióprason	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
elephant garlic	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
khorat	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kurrat	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lauch	Other	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
leek	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
leeks	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
levant garlic	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
skouráththes	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
wild leek	Other	Food Pl. in Seven Circum-Medit. Areas (Hadjichambis et al., 2009) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
άγριο-σκουράθθες	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
αγριόπρασον	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
σκουράθθες	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
‫كارث‬	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Whole plant		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
bulb		Wild Edible Pls. of Paphos & Larnaca of Cyprus (Della et al., 2006)
bulbs		Food Pl. in Seven Circum-Medit. Areas (Hadjichambis et al., 2009)
bulb, leaf		Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
bulb, leaf		Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
Root (Bulb)		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 42 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Allium adscendens Kunth Enum. Pl. 4: 385 (1843).
Allium albescens Guss. Enum. Pl. Inarim.: 338 (1855).
Allium ampeloprasum var. babingtonii (Borrer) Syme in J.E.Smith, Engl. Bot., ed. 3, 9: 204 (1869).
Allium ampeloprasum var. bertolonii (De Not.) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 735 (1882).
Allium ampeloprasum var. bulbiferum Syme in J.E.Smith, Engl. Bot., ed. 3, 9: 204 (1869).
Allium ampeloprasum var. bulgaricum Podp. Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 52: 676 (1902).
Allium ampeloprasum var. caudatum Pamp. Arch. Bot. (Forlì) 12: 21 (1936).
Allium ampeloprasum subsp. euampeloprasum Hayek Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 30(3): 39 (1932), not validly publ.
Allium ampeloprasum var. gasparrinii (Guss.) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 735 (1882).
Allium ampeloprasum subsp. genuinum Cout. Fl. Portugal: 129 (1913), not validly publ.
Allium ampeloprasum var. gracile Cavara Bull. Orto Bot. Regia Univ. Napoli 9(1): 46 (1927).
Allium ampeloprasum subsp. halleri Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 735 (1882).
Allium ampeloprasum f. holmense (Asch. & Graebn.) Holmboe Stud. Veg. Cyprus: 45 (1914).
Allium ampeloprasum var. holmense Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 3: 105 (1905).
Allium ampeloprasum f. normale Maire & Weiller Fl. Afrique N. 5: 256 (1958), not validly publ.
Allium ampeloprasum var. pylium (De Not.) Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 3: 107 (1905).
Allium ampeloprasum subsp. thessalum (Boiss.) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 735 (1882).
Allium ampeloprasum var. typicum Regel Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 3(2): 53 (1875), not validly publ.
Allium ampeloprasum var. wiedemannii Regel Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 3(2): 55 (1875).
Allium ascendens Ten. Index Seminum (NAP, Neapolitano) 1830: 12 (1830).
Allium babingtonii Borrer in J.E.Smith, Engl. Bot.: t. 2906 (1849).
Allium bertolonii De Not. Repert. Fl. Ligust.: 414 (1844).
Allium byzantinum K.Koch Linnaea 22: 240 (1849).
Allium gasparrinii Guss. Enum. Pl. Inarim.: 337 (1855).
Allium halleri G.Don Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 6: 15 (1827), nom. illeg.
Allium halleri Bab. Man. Brit. Bot.: 305 (1843), nom. illeg.
Allium holmense Mill. ex Kunth Enum. Pl. 4: 384 (1843).
Allium kurrat Schweinf. ex K.Krause Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 9: 524 (1926).
Allium laetum var. tonsile Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 181 (1821 publ. 1822).
Allium lineare Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 4 (1768), nom. illeg.
Allium porraceum Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 181 (1821 publ. 1822).
Allium porrum var. ampeloprasum (L.) Mirb. in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. 1: 384 (1804).
Allium porrum subsp. euampeloprasum Breistr. Bull. Soc. Sci. Isère 61: 610 (1947).
Allium porrum var. kurrat (Schweinf. ex K.Krause) Seregin Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 36: 102 (2004).
Allium pylium De Not. Index Seminum (GE, Genuensis) 1843: 30 (1843).
Allium scopulicola Font Quer Butl. Inst. Catalana Hist. Nat. 24: 144 (1924).
Allium scorodoprasum subsp. babingtonii (Borrer) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 736 (1882).
Allium spectabile De Not. Repert. Fl. Ligust.: 414 (1844).
Allium syriacum Boiss. Fl. Orient. 5: 232 (1882).
Allium thessalum Boiss. Fl. Orient. 5: 232 (1882).
Porrum amethystinum Rchb. Fl. Germ. Excurs.: 140(16) (1831).
Porrum ampeloprasum (L.) Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 2 (1768).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Allium ampeloprasum	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Allium ampeloprasum L	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
Allium ampeloprasum L.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Ethnobot. in W Granada Province, Spain (Benítez et al., 2010) Food Pl. in Seven Circum-Medit. Areas (Hadjichambis et al., 2009) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013) Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) Wild Edible Pls. of Paphos & Larnaca of Cyprus (Della et al., 2006) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Allium ampeloprasum Linn.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Allium ampeloprasum ampeloprasum Leek Group	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)

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