Plant Details

Accepted name:: Calligonum comosum L'Hér. [Polygonaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
a`bal	Other	Encyclopedia of Med. Pl. of UAE (2005)
abal	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
aressou	Other	Ethnobot. of Med. Pl. from Hoggar, Algeria (Ramdane et al, 2015)
arta	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
arta'a	Other	Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
arta`	Other	Encyclopedia of Med. Pl. of UAE (2005)
arti	Other	Encyclopedia of Med. Pl. of UAE (2005)
ramo	Other	Encyclopedia of Med. Pl. of UAE (2005)
tape	Other	Encyclopedia of Med. Pl. of UAE (2005)
waragat alshams	Other	Encyclopedia of Med. Pl. of UAE (2005)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Aerial Parts, fruits, young twigs		Encyclopedia of Med. Pl. of UAE (2005)
Whole plant		Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
aerial parts		Ethnobot. of Med. Pl. from Hoggar, Algeria (Ramdane et al, 2015)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 4 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Calligonum mejidum Al-Khayat Candollea 43: 273 (1988).
Calligonum mejidum var. thirtharicum Al-Khayat Candollea 43: 277 (1988).
Calligonum polygonoides subsp. comosus (L'Hér.) Soskov Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 12: 153 (1975).
Pallasia comosa (L'Hér.) Raeusch. Nomencl. Bot. Pl. Illustr., ed. 3: 141 (1797).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Calligonum comosum L'Herit	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
Calligonum comosum L.	Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
Calligonum comosum L`Her.	Encyclopedia of Med. Pl. of UAE (2005)
Calligonum comosum L’Her.	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Calligonum comosum L’He’r	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
Colligonum comosum L’Her	Ethnobot. of Med. Pl. from Hoggar, Algeria (Ramdane et al, 2015)

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