Plant Details

Accepted name:: Anchusa azurea Mill. [Boraginaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 3

Anchusa azurea var. azurea

Anchusa azurea var. kurdica (Guşul.) D.F.Chamb.

Anchusa azurea var. macrocarpa (Boiss. & Hohen.) D.F.Chamb.

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
alkanet	Other	Food Pl. in Seven Circum-Medit. Areas (Hadjichambis et al., 2009)
ankhuza ital'yanskaya	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
buglosse d'italie	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
garden anchusa	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
hukuz tili	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
italian alkanet	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
italian bugloss	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
italienische ochsenzunge	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
italiensk oxtunga	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
italiya ankhuzasy	Other	Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
large blue alkanet	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
lessan elthor	Other	Wild Med. Pl. in M'Sila, Algeria (Boudjelal et al., 2013)
lisan althwar	Other	Trad. Med. in Syria: Folk Med. in Aleppo (Alachkara et al., 2011)
βουδόγλωσσο	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
βουόγλωσσο	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
لسان الثور	Other	Trad. Med. in Syria: Folk Med. in Aleppo (Alachkara et al., 2011)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Aerial parts		Wild Med. Pl. in M'Sila, Algeria (Boudjelal et al., 2013)
young leaves		Food Pl. in Seven Circum-Medit. Areas (Hadjichambis et al., 2009)
stem, leaf stem, leaf		Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
flowers, roots		Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 1 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Anchusa italica var. azurea (Mill.) Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 10: 286 (1908), nom. superfl.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Anchusa azurea Mill.	Food Pl. in Seven Circum-Medit. Areas (Hadjichambis et al., 2009) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Trad. Med. in Syria: Folk Med. in Aleppo (Alachkara et al., 2011) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2021 (WHO-UMC, 2021) Wild Med. Pl. in M'Sila, Algeria (Boudjelal et al., 2013) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Anchusa azurea Miller	Ethnobot. in W Granada Province, Spain (Benítez et al., 2010) Med. Pl. in the Med.: Project Rubia (Gonzalez-Tejero et al., 2008)

Anchusa azurea Mill.

Food Pl. in Seven Circum-Medit. Areas (Hadjichambis et al., 2009)
GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Med. Pl. Uzbekistan & Kyrgyzstan (Eisenman et al., 2013)
Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002)
Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Trad. Med. in Syria: Folk Med. in Aleppo (Alachkara et al., 2011)
WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2021 (WHO-UMC, 2021)
Wild Med. Pl. in M'Sila, Algeria (Boudjelal et al., 2013)
World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

Anchusa azurea Miller

Ethnobot. in W Granada Province, Spain (Benítez et al., 2010)
Med. Pl. in the Med.: Project Rubia (Gonzalez-Tejero et al., 2008)

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