Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
#khoes	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
blattloser brackbusch	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
brackbusch	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
brakganna	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ganna	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ganna-asbos	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
gannabos	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kanna	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kannabos	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
loogasganna	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
lye bush	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
lye ganna	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
rivierganna	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
saltbush	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
seepganna	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
soutganna	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 7 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Salsola aphylla L.f. Suppl. Pl.: 173 (1782).
Salsola caroxylon Moq. Chenop. Monogr. Enum.: 143 (1840).
Caroxylon brevifolium St.-Lag. Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 121 (1880).
Caroxylon salsola Thunb. Med. Afr.: 8 (1785).
Chenopodium caroxylon D'Urban J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 8: 272 (1865).
Salsola africana Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 176 (1849), pro syn.
Suaeda africana Moq. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 13(2): 158 (1849).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Caroxylon aphyllum (L.f.) Tzvelev	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Salsola aphylla L.f.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Salsola caryoxylon Moq.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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