Plant Details

Accepted name:: Asparagus asparagoides (L.) Druce [Asparagaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
breëblaar kransie	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
breëblaarklimop	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
cape smilax	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ibutha	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
inkunzimbili	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
isicakathi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
khopananyane	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
krulkransie	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kxopananyana	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
likhopa	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sesclatsane	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sesilatsane	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sethota-sa-matuela	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 15 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Asparagus kuisibensis Dinter Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 29: 270 (1931).
Asparagus medeoloides (L.f.) Thunb. Prodr. Pl. Cap.: 66 (1794).
Asparagus medeoloides var. angustifolius (Mill.) Baker in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 6: 273 (1896).
Asparagus medeoloides var. falciformis (Kunth) Baker in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 6: 273 (1896).
Dracaena medeoloides L.f. Suppl. Pl.: 203 (1782).
Elachanthera sewelliae F.Muell. Vict. Naturalist 3: 108 (1886).
Elide asparagoides (L.) Kerguélen Collect. Partim. Nat. 8: xiii (1993).
Luzuriaga sewelliae (F.Muell.) K.Krause in H.G.A.Engler, Nat. Pflanzenfam., ed. 2. 15a: 379 (1930).
Medeola angustifolia Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 2 (1768).
Medeola asparagoides L. Sp. Pl.: 339 (1753).
Medeola latifolia Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 252 (1796).
Myrsiphyllum angustifolium (Mill.) Willd. Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 2: 25 (1808).
Myrsiphyllum asparagoides (L.) Willd. Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 2: 25 (1808).
Myrsiphyllum falciforme Kunth Enum. Pl. 5: 107 (1850).
Ruscus volubilis Thunb. Prodr. Pl. Cap.: 13 (1794).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Asparagus asparagoides (L.) Druce	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Asparagus asparagoides (L.) W.Wight	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002)
Asparagus asparagoides (L.)Druce	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Asparagus asparagoides Wight	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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