Plant Details

Accepted name:: Asphodelus fistulosus L. [Asphodelaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants
Infraspecies:: 2

Asphodelus fistulosus subsp. fistulosus

Asphodelus fistulosus subsp. madeirensis Simon

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
asphodel	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Pl. Used by Inhabitants of Ajloun, Jordan (Al-Quran, 2015)
asphodelus fistulosus whole	Other	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024)
asraash	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
ayrun	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
baroog	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
baroukh	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
barwaq	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
basal	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
basal al-himaar	Other	Trad. Med. Pl. of Al-Rass, Saudi Arabia (El-Ghazali et al., 2010)
bayraq	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
bokat	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
burg-i- gundana	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gamonita	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
khesalan	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
khunsaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
onion weed	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
piyaazi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
shiryas	Other	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016)
towaim	Other	Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
welsh onion	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
بروخ	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
بسل	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
عنصلان	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
عيروم	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Whole plant, seeds		Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
Leaves		Pl. Used by Inhabitants of Ajloun, Jordan (Al-Quran, 2015)
seed	oil	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
seeds		Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Asphodeloides ramosa Moench Methodus: 634 (1794), nom. illeg.
Ophioprason fistulosum (L.) Salisb. Gen. Pl.: 72 (1866), not validly publ.
Verinea fistulosa (L.) Pomel Mat. Fl. Atl.: 2 (1860).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Asphodelus fistulosus	Dr. Duke's Databases: Ethnobotanical Subset (Duke, 2016) Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
Asphodelus fistulosus (L.)	Trad. Med. Pl. of Al-Rass, Saudi Arabia (El-Ghazali et al., 2010)
Asphodelus fistulosus L.	Global Substance Registration System (GSRS) (FDA/NCATS, 2024) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998) Med. Pl. in Sardinia & Sicily: Sardinian Subset (Leonti et al., 2009) Med. Pl. in Sardinia & Sicily: Sicilian Subset (Leonti et al., 2009) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Used by Inhabitants of Ajloun, Jordan (Al-Quran, 2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Asphodelus fistulosus Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Trop. Africa (2015)

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