Plant Details

Accepted name:: Agave scabra Ortega [Asparagaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
amol	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
amol chipalcu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
amole	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
c'ipal	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
cebolla de cerro	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ixmaxin	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
lirio verde	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 17 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Agave brachystachys Cav. Descr. Pl.: 453 (1802).
Agave saponaria Lindl. Edwards's Bot. Reg. 24(Misc.): 76 (1838).
Manfreda brachystachys (Cav.) Rose Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 8: 20 (1903).
Agave brachystachys var. strictior Jacobi & C.D.Bouché Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 21: 558 (1865).
Agave humilis M.Roem. Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 4: 285 (1847).
Agave langlassei André Rev. Hort. (Paris) 73: 349 (1901).
Agave oliveriana (Rose) A.Berger Agaven: 34 (1915).
Agave polianthoides M.Roem. Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 4: 286 (1847), orth. var.
Agave polyanthoides Schltdl. & Cham. Linnaea 6: 55 (1831).
Agave sessiliflora Hemsl. Diagn. Pl. Nov. Mexic.: 55 (1880).
Agave spicata DC. Cat. Pl. Horti Monsp.: 74 (1813), nom. illeg.
Manfreda malinaltenangensis Matuda Cact. Suc. Mex. 21: 74 (1976).
Manfreda oliveriana Rose Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 8: 21 (1903).
Manfreda scabra (Ortega) McVaugh Fl. Novo-Galiciana 15: 234 (1989).
Manfreda sessiliflora (Hemsl.) Matuda Anales Inst. Biol. Univ. Nac. México 31: 66 (1961).
Polianthes brachystachys (Cav.) Shinners Sida 2: 337 (1966).
Polianthes oliveriana (Rose) Shinners Sida 2: 337 (1966).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Agave brachystachya Cav.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Agave brachystachys	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Agave brachystachys Cavara	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Agave saponaria Lindl.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Agave scabra Ortega	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Manfreda brachystachya (Cav.)Rose	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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