Plant Details

Accepted name:: Alkanna tinctoria Tausch [Boraginaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 4

Alkanna tinctoria subsp. anatolica Hub.-Mor.

Alkanna tinctoria subsp. subleiocarpa (Hub.-Mor.) Hub.-Mor.

Alkanna tinctoria subsp. tinctoria

Alkanna tinctoria subsp. tripolitana (Bornm.) Qaiser

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aboukhalsā	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
alkanet	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
alkanetta	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
alkanna	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
alkanna krasilnaya	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
alkannawurzel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
dineshavalli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
dyer's-alkanet	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
dyer's-bugloss	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
dyers’	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
hava civa otu	Other	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
havāchoubeh	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
henna al-ghula	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
hojouyeh	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
kahla	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
kök boya	Other	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
onoquiles	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
orcaneta	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
orcanette	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
racines d'alkanna	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ratanjot	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
ratthapaalai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
rigl el-hamam	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
schminkwurz	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
spanish bugloss	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
spanish-bugloss	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
surulpattai	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
ابوخلسا	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
حنة الغول	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
رجل الحمام	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
كحله	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
هواچوبه	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
هوجویه	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Root		Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002)
Root		Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000)
Root		Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
root		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
bark, root		Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Alkanna tinctoria	Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998) Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Trad. Drugs in Jordan (Lev & Amar, 2002) Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Alkanna tinctoria (L.) Tausch	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Ethnobot. in W Granada Province, Spain (Benítez et al., 2010) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Alkanna tinctoria (L.) Tausch.	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Alkanna tinctoria Tausch	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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