Plant Details

Accepted name:: Albuca abyssinica Jacq. [Asparagaceae]
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Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
#aah-n\|\|ae	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
green and gold albuca	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kala	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
large yellow albuca	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 38 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Albuca angolensis Welw. Ann. Cons. Ultramar. (Portugal), Parte Nâo Off. 24: 591 (1858 publ. 1859).
Albuca bainesii Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 13: 29 (1873).
Albuca melleri (Baker) Baker in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 7: 532 (1898).
Albuca abyssinica Welw. ex Baker Gard. Chron. 1872: 392 (1872), nom. illeg.
Albuca allenae Baker Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 3: 10 (1888).
Albuca asclepiadea Chiov. Fl. Somala 2: 426 (1932).
Albuca beguinotii Cufod. Miss. Biol. Borana, Racc. Bot., Angiosp.-Gymnosp.: 318 (1939).
Albuca blepharophylla Cufod. Miss. Biol. Borana, Racc. Bot., Angiosp.-Gymnosp.: 320 (1939).
Albuca capitata Gilli Ann. Naturhist. Mus. Wien 69: 52 (1966).
Albuca chaetopoda Chiov. Pl. Nov. Aethiop.: 3 (1928).
Albuca elastica Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 239 (1796), nom. superfl.
Albuca elwesii Regel Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada, prepr. 6: 538 (1879).
Albuca erlangeriana Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 32: 92 (1902).
Albuca fibrillosa De Wild. Rev. Zool. Bot. Africaines 9(Suppl. Bot.): 21 (1921).
Albuca fischeri Engl. Abh. Königl. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 1891: 165 (1892).
Albuca fleckii Schinz Bull. Herb. Boissier 4(3): 40 (1896).
Albuca hysterantha Chiov. Ann. Bot. (Rome) 9: 145 (1911).
Albuca lugardii Baker in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 7: 533 (1898).
Albuca nemorosa Chiov. Ann. Bot. (Rome) 9: 146 (1911).
Albuca parviflora Perkins in G.W.J.Mildbraed (ed.), Wiss. Ergebn. Deut. Zentr.-Afr. Exped., Bot. 2: 61 (1910), nom. illeg.
Albuca praecox Engl. & K.Krause Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 143 (1910).
Albuca purpurascens Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 15: 473 (1892).
Albuca tayloriana Rendle J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 30: 424 (1895).
Albuca wakefieldii Baker Bot. Mag. 105: t. 6429 (1879).
Asphodelus abyssinicus (Jacq.) Schult. & Schult.f. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 7: 500 (1829).
Asphodelus africanus Lam. Encycl. 1: 300 (1783).
Ornithogalum abyssinicum (Jacq.) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt Edinburgh J. Bot. 60: 546 (2004), nom. illeg.
Ornithogalum fleckii (Schinz) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt Edinburgh J. Bot. 60: 548 (2003 publ. 2004).
Ornithogalum melleri Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 13: 280 (1873).
Ornithogalum monteiroi Baker in W.H.Harvey & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Cap. 6: 508 (1897).
Ornithogalum quartinianum (A.Rich.) Lanza Boll. Reale Orto Bot. Palermo 9: 34 (1910).
Pallastema abyssinica (Jacq.) Salisb. Gen. Pl.: 36 (1866), not validly publ.
Scilla petitiana A.Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 328 (1850).
Scilla quartiniana A.Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 329 (1850).
Urginea acinacifolia Schinz Verh. Bot. Vereins Prov. Brandenburg 31: 220 (1890).
Urginea beccarii Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 13: 223 (1873).
Urginea petitiana (A.Rich.) Solms in G.Schweinfurth, Beitr. Fl. Aethiop.: 294 (1867).
Urginea quartiniana (A.Rich.) Solms in G.Schweinfurth, Beitr. Fl. Aethiop.: 284 (1867).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Albuca abyssinica Jacq.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Albuca angolensis Welw.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Albuca bainesii Baker	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Albuca melleri	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Albuca melleri (Baker)Baker	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Albuca melleri Baker	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002)

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