Plant Details

Accepted name:: Zygophyllum album L.f. [Zygophyllaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
abelkozt	Other	Ethnobot. of Med. Pl. from Hoggar, Algeria (Ramdane et al, 2015)
retret	Other	Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Whole plant		Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
leaves, aerial parts		Ethnobot. of Med. Pl. from Hoggar, Algeria (Ramdane et al, 2015)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 6 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Tetraena alba (L.f.) Beier & Thulin Pl. Syst. Evol. 240: 35 (2003).
Tetraena alba var. amblyocarpa (Baker) Alzahrani & Albokhari Bangladesh J. Pl. Taxon. 25: 24 (2018).
Tetraena alba var. arabica Alzahrani & Albokhari Bangladesh J. Pl. Taxon. 25: 24 (2018).
Zygophyllum album var. amblyocarpum (Baker) Hadidi Webbia 33: 52 (1978).
Zygophyllum amblyocarpum Baker Hooker's Icon. Pl. 24: t. 2358 (1895).
Zygophyllum proliferum Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 87 (1775).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Zygophyllum album L.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
Zygophyllum album L. var. album	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002)
Zygophyllum album L.f.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Zygphyllum album L	Ethnobot. of Med. Pl. from Hoggar, Algeria (Ramdane et al, 2015)

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