Plant Details

Accepted name:: Asparagus africanus Lam. [Asparagaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 2

Asparagus africanus var. africanus

Asparagus africanus var. puberulus (Baker) Sebsebe

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
adende	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
aluki	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
enene	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
inaniaga	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
kadankobe	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
khurus	Other	Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
khurus theeb	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
narara	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
narari	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
ningei	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
nombo	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
pelol fouru	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
sansarin kura	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
sark'a	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
simboul	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
sogoba kenessi	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaves		Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
leaf, root		Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Asparagopsis lamarckii Kunth Enum. Pl. 5: 87 (1850), nom. illeg.
Protasparagus africanus (Lam.) Oberm. S. African J. Bot. 2: 243 (1983).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Asparagus africanus Lam.	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994) Local, Wild-Harvested Spp. in Trade, S Africa (Petersen et al., 2012) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015) Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Asparagus africanus Lamarck	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

Asparagus africanus Lam.

Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
Local, Wild-Harvested Spp. in Trade, S Africa (Petersen et al., 2012)
Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002)
SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015)
SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

Asparagus africanus Lamarck

Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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