Plant Details

Accepted name:: Asphodelus tenuifolius Cav. [Asphodelaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ashrash	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
asphodel	Other	Encyc. of Med. Pl. of UAE (2005)
asphodèle à petites feuilles	Other	Med. Pl. in Djerba Island, Tunisia (Ben salah et al., 2019)
barwaq	Other	Encyc. of Med. Pl. of UAE (2005)
basal alshaitan	Other	Encyc. of Med. Pl. of UAE (2005)
basal iblees	Other	Encyc. of Med. Pl. of UAE (2005)
bhokaat	Other	Med. Pl. in Arid Regions of N. Punjab, Pakistan (Ashfaq et al., 2019)
bokat	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
boroq	Other	Encyc. of Med. Pl. of UAE (2005)
bosail	Other	Encyc. of Med. Pl. of UAE (2005)
bringharby	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
cheel	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhmaikh	Other	Encyc. of Med. Pl. of UAE (2005)
dungro	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
gandana	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
gol-e esbid	Other	Survey in Kohghiluyeh va Boyer Ahmad, Iran (Mosaddegh et al., 2012)
hollow-stemmed asphodel	Other	Encyc. of Med. Pl. of UAE (2005)
jangli piaz	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
kawthar	Other	Encyc. of Med. Pl. of UAE (2005)
kawther	Other	Encyc. of Med. Pl. of UAE (2005)
khunashi	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
kowaitah	Other	Encyc. of Med. Pl. of UAE (2005)
kufer	Other	Encyc. of Med. Pl. of UAE (2005)
kurras	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
name in arabic	Other	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
piazi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. in Talagang, Punjab Province (Nazish Rehman et al., 2017) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
piyajh	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
pyajh	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
shallot	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
shrbas	Other	Encyc. of Med. Pl. of UAE (2005)
tukhm-e-gandana	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Aerial part		Survey in Kohghiluyeh va Boyer Ahmad, Iran (Mosaddegh et al., 2012)
Seeds		Med. Pl. in Arid Regions of N. Punjab, Pakistan (Ashfaq et al., 2019)
Whole plant		Med. Pl. in Talagang, Punjab Province (Nazish Rehman et al., 2017)
whole plant		Med. Pl. in Djerba Island, Tunisia (Ben salah et al., 2019)
leaf	dried leaf	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 20 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Anthericum annuum Pourr. ex Willk. & Lange Prodr. Fl. Hispan. 1: 203 (1862).
Asphodelus bornmuelleri Gand. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 66: 291 (1920).
Asphodelus canariensis C.Sm. & Buch Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1816-1817: 262 (1817).
Asphodelus clavatus Roxb. ex Lindl. in J.C.Loudon, Encycl. Pl.: 280 (1829).
Asphodelus clavosus Don ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 152 (1840), orth. var.
Asphodelus fistulosus subsp. faurei Sennen Exsicc. (Pl. Espagne) 1930: n.° 7721 (1930).
Asphodelus fistulosus subsp. nilotica Ravenna Herbertia 43: 40 (1987).
Asphodelus fistulosus var. tenuifolius (Cav.) Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 15: 272 (1876).
Asphodelus fistulosus subsp. tenuifolius (Cav.) Arcang. Comp. Fl. Ital., ed. 2: 140 (1894).
Asphodelus fistulosus subsp. tenuifolius (Cav.) K.Richt. Pl. Eur. 1: 193 (1890).
Asphodelus fistulosus subsp. tenuifolius Trab. in J.A.Battandier & L.C.Trabut, Fl. Algérie, Monocot.: 54 (1895).
Asphodelus maroccanus Gand. Bull. Soc. Bot. France 55: 565 (1908).
Asphodelus microcarpus Rchb. Fl. Germ. Excurs.: 117 (1830), nom. illeg.
Asphodelus serrulatifolius Sennen Diagn. Nouv.: 213 (1936).
Asphodelus serrulatus Sennen & Mauricio Exsicc. (Pl. Espagne) 1934: n.° 9677 (1934).
Asphodelus tenuifolius f. genuinus Maire & Weiller Fl. Afrique N. 5: 40 (1958), not validly publ.
Asphodelus tenuifolius var. micranthus Boiss. Fl. Orient. 5: 315 (1882).
Asphodelus tenuifolius f. micranthus (Boiss.) Maire Fl. Afrique N. 5: 40 (1958).
Ornithogalum flavum Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 209 (1775), nom. utique rej.
Verinea tenuifolia (Cav.) Pomel Mat. Fl. Atl.: 2 (1860).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Asphodelus tenuifolia Cav.	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Asphodelus tenuifolius	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Med. Pl. in Djerba Island, Tunisia (Ben salah et al., 2019)
Asphodelus tenuifolius Cav.	Encyc. of Med. Pl. of UAE (2005) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. in Arid Regions of N. Punjab, Pakistan (Ashfaq et al., 2019) Med. Pl. in Talagang, Punjab Province (Nazish Rehman et al., 2017) Survey in Kohghiluyeh va Boyer Ahmad, Iran (Mosaddegh et al., 2012) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Asphodelus tenuifolius Cavara	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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