Plant Details

Accepted name:: Salsola kali L. [Amaranthaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
barilla	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
blackbush	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
buck bush	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ghaajuraan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
glass-wort	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
katol	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
laanaabuuti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
prickly-saltwort	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
russian thistle	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
sajji-buuti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
sarjikaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
tumble weed	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ushnaan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
seed	juice	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 25 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Corispermum pilosum Raf. New Fl. 4: 46 (1838), nom. illeg.
Kali soda Moench Methodus: 331 (1794), nom. illeg.
Kali turgidum (Dumort.) Gutermann Phyton (Horn) 51: 98 (2011).
Salsola acicularis Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 153 (1796), nom. superfl.
Salsola aptera Iljin Mater. Komiss. ĕksped. Issl. 26: 283 (1930).
Salsola decumbens Lam. Fl. Franç. 3: 241 (1779), nom. superfl.
Salsola gmelinii Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 12: 65 (1910).
Salsola kali var. angustifolia Fenzl in C.F.von Ledebour, Fl. Ross. 3: 798 (1851).
Salsola kali var. apula Ten. Syll. Pl. Fl. Neapol.: 125 (1831).
Salsola kali subsp. austroafricana Aellen Mitt. Bot. Staatssamml. München 4: 27 (1961).
Salsola kali var. glabra Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 54 (1775).
Salsola kali subsp. gmelinii (Rouy) R.C.V.Douin Fl. Ill. France 9: 86 (1927).
Salsola kali f. hirsuta Hornem. Occ. Pl., ed. 3, 1: 203 (1891).
Salsola kali var. hirta Ten. Syll. Pl. Fl. Neapol.: 124 (1831), not validly publ.
Salsola kali var. hispida Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 54 (1775).
Salsola kali var. hispida-polygama Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 55 (1775).
Salsola kali var. mixta W.D.J.Koch Syn. Fl. Germ. Helv., ed. 2: 693 (1844).
Salsola kali var. rosacea Pall. Ill. Pl.: 36 (1803).
Salsola kali var. rosacea Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 188 (1849), nom. illeg.
Salsola kali var. rubella Moq. Chenop. Monogr. Enum.: 136 (1840).
Salsola kali var. spinosa (Lam.) Corb. Nouv. Fl. Normandie: 496 (1894).
Salsola kali var. vulgaris W.D.J.Koch Syn. Fl. Germ. Helv., ed. 2: 693 (1844).
Salsola scariosa Stokes Bot. Mat. Med. 2: 31 (1812).
Salsola spinosa Lam. Fl. Franç. 3: 240 (1779).
Salsola turgida Dumort. Fl. Belg.: 23 (1827).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Salsola kali	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Salsola kali L.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. in the Med.: Project Rubia (Gonzalez-Tejero et al., 2008) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Trad. Aboriginal Meds in N Territory (Barr et al., 1993) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Salsola kali Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Salsola kali auct. non L.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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