Plant Details

Accepted name:: Asphodelus fistulosus L. [Asphodelaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 2

Asphodelus fistulosus subsp. fistulosus

Asphodelus fistulosus subsp. madeirensis Simon

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
asphodel	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Pl. Used by Inhabitants of Ajloun, Jordan (Al-Quran, 2015)
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 Province, 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)
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)
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	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 Province, Saudi Arabia (El-Ghazali et al., 2010)
Asphodelus fistulosus L.	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) 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 Tropical Africa (2015)

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