Plant Details

Accepted name:: Asphodelus aestivus Brot. [Asphodelaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
arkóshillos	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
asfódelos	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
common asphodel	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
ghawsalan	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
ghesalan	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
mouskoúnia	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
onsol	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
spoúrtoullos	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
vaftshí	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
ασφόδελος	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
σπούρτουλλος	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
بصليان	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
شرش‬ البصلي	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
عنصل	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
غوصلان	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
غيصلان	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
‫بصول	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
tuber		Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
tuber		Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
leaves, tubers		Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)

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

Asphodelus aestivus var. genuinus Maire Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 20: 39 (1929), not validly publ.
Asphodelus microcarpus var. aestivus (Brot.) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 719 (1882).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Asphodelus aestivalis Bort.	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
Asphodelus aestivus Brot.	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013) Med. Pl. in the Med.: Project Rubia (Gonzalez-Tejero et al., 2008) Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

Asphodelus aestivalis Bort.

Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)

Asphodelus aestivus Brot.

Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
Med. Pl. in the Med.: Project Rubia (Gonzalez-Tejero et al., 2008)
Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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