Plant Details

Accepted name:: Allium ampeloprasum L. [Amaryllidaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
agrio-skouráththes	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
agriopraso	Other	Wild Edible Pls. of Paphos and Larnaca of Cyprus (Della et al., 2006)
agrioskordo	Other	Wild Edible Pls. of Paphos and Larnaca of Cyprus (Della et al., 2006)
agrióprason	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
elephant garlic	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
khorat	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
korrās	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
krath	Other	Survey of Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000)
kurrat	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lauch	Other	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
leek	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
leeks	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
levant garlic	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
skouráththes	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
tareh	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
to kewer	Other	Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
wild leek	Other	Food Pl. in Seven Circum-Mediterranean Areas (Hadjichambis et al., 2009)
άγριο-σκουράθθες	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
αγριόπρασον	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
σκουράθθες	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
تره	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
كراث	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Semen		Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011)
Leaf		Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Whole plant		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
bulb		Wild Edible Pls. of Paphos and Larnaca of Cyprus (Della et al., 2006)
bulbs		Food Pl. in Seven Circum-Mediterranean Areas (Hadjichambis et al., 2009)
bulb, leaf		Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
bulb, leaf		Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
Bulb		Survey of Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000)
Root (Bulb)		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 64 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Allium porrum L. Sp. Pl.: 295 (1753), nom. rej.
Allium adscendens Kunth Enum. Pl. 4: 385 (1843).
Allium albescens Guss. Enum. Pl. Inarim.: 338 (1855).
Allium ampeloprasum var. babingtonii (Borrer) Syme in J.E.Smith, Engl. Bot., ed. 3, 9: 204 (1869).
Allium ampeloprasum var. bertolonii (De Not.) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 735 (1882).
Allium ampeloprasum var. bulbiferum Syme in J.E.Smith, Engl. Bot., ed. 3, 9: 204 (1869).
Allium ampeloprasum var. bulgaricum Podp. Verh. K. K. Zool.-Bot. Ges. Wien 52: 676 (1902).
Allium ampeloprasum var. caudatum Pamp. Arch. Bot. (Forlì) 12: 21 (1936).
Allium ampeloprasum subsp. euampeloprasum Hayek Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 30(3): 39 (1932), not validly publ.
Allium ampeloprasum var. gasparrinii (Guss.) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 735 (1882).
Allium ampeloprasum subsp. genuinum Cout. Fl. Portugal: 129 (1913), not validly publ.
Allium ampeloprasum var. gracile Cavara Bull. Orto Bot. Regia Univ. Napoli 9(1): 46 (1927).
Allium ampeloprasum subsp. halleri Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 735 (1882).
Allium ampeloprasum f. holmense (Asch. & Graebn.) Holmboe Stud. Veg. Cyprus: 45 (1914).
Allium ampeloprasum var. holmense Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 3: 105 (1905).
Allium ampeloprasum subsp. leucanthum (K.Koch) K.Richt. Pl. Eur. 1: 201 (1890).
Allium ampeloprasum var. leucanthum (K.Koch) Ledeb. Fl. Ross. 4: 164 (1852).
Allium ampeloprasum f. normale Maire & Weiller Fl. Afrique N. 5: 256 (1958), not validly publ.
Allium ampeloprasum subsp. polyanthum (Schult. & Schult.f.) O.Bolòs, Vigo, Masalles & Ninot Fl. Man. Paísos Catalans: 1213 (1990).
Allium ampeloprasum subsp. porrum (L.) Hayek Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. Beih. 30(3): 39 (1932).
Allium ampeloprasum var. porrum (L.) J.Gay Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 3, 8: 218 (1847).
Allium ampeloprasum var. pylium (De Not.) Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 3: 107 (1905).
Allium ampeloprasum subsp. thessalum (Boiss.) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 735 (1882).
Allium ampeloprasum var. typicum Regel Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 3(2): 53 (1875), not validly publ.
Allium ampeloprasum var. wiedemannii Regel Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 3(2): 55 (1875).
Allium ascendens Ten. Index Seminum (NAP, Neapolitano) 1830: 12 (1830).
Allium babingtonii Borrer in J.E.Smith, Engl. Bot.: t. 2906 (1849).
Allium bertolonii De Not. Repert. Fl. Ligust.: 414 (1844).
Allium byzantinum K.Koch Linnaea 22: 240 (1849).
Allium duriaeanum Regel Trudy Imp. S.-Peterburgsk. Bot. Sada 3(2): 54 (1875), nom. illeg.
Allium durieuanum Walp. Ann. Bot. Syst. 1: 860 (1849).
Allium firmotunicatum var. album Grossh. Fl. Kavkaza 1: 204 (1928).
Allium gasparrinii Guss. Enum. Pl. Inarim.: 337 (1855).
Allium halleri G.Don Mem. Wern. Nat. Hist. Soc. 6: 15 (1827), nom. illeg.
Allium halleri Bab. Man. Brit. Bot.: 305 (1843), nom. illeg.
Allium holmense Mill. ex Kunth Enum. Pl. 4: 384 (1843).
Allium kurrat Schweinf. ex K.Krause Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 9: 524 (1926).
Allium laetum Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 235 (1796), nom. superfl.
Allium laetum var. tonsile Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 181 (1821 publ. 1822).
Allium leucanthum K.Koch Linnaea 22: 240 (1849).
Allium leucanthum var. tridentatum Ogan. Fl. Rastitel'nost' Rast. Res. Arm. 12: 12 (1999).
Allium lineare Mill. Gard. Dict. ed. 8.: n.° 4 (1768), nom. illeg.
Allium multiflorum DC. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck & A.P.de Candolle, Fl. Franç., éd. 3, 6: 316 (1815), nom. illeg.
Allium polyanthum Schult. & Schult.f. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg. ed. 15[bis]. 7: 1016 (1830).
Allium porraceum Gray Nat. Arr. Brit. Pl. 2: 181 (1821 publ. 1822).
Allium porrum var. ampeloprasum (L.) Mirb. in G.-F.Cuvier, Dict. Sci. Nat. 1: 384 (1804).
Allium porrum var. breve Alef. Landw. Fl.: 296 (1866).
Allium porrum subsp. euampeloprasum Breistr. Bull. Soc. Sci. Isère 61: 610 (1947).
Allium porrum var. kurrat (Schweinf. ex K.Krause) Seregin Novosti Sist. Vyssh. Rast. 36: 102 (2004).
Allium porrum var. latum Alef. Landw. Fl.: 296 (1866).
Allium porrum subsp. polyanthum (Schult. & Schult.f.) Jauzein & J.-M.Tison Lejeunia, n.s., 178: 12 (2005).
Allium porrum var. viviparum Alef. Landw. Fl.: 296 (1866).
Allium pylium De Not. Index Seminum (GE, Genuensis) 1843: 30 (1843).
Allium rotundum var. multiflorum Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 735 (1882).
Allium rotundum var. polyanthum (Schult. & Schult.f.) Asch. & Graebn. Syn. Mitteleur. Fl. 3: 102 (1905).
Allium scopulicola Font Quer Butl. Inst. Catalana Hist. Nat. 24: 144 (1924).
Allium scorodoprasum subsp. babingtonii (Borrer) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 736 (1882).
Allium spectabile De Not. Repert. Fl. Ligust.: 414 (1844).
Allium syriacum Boiss. Fl. Orient. 5: 232 (1882).
Allium thessalum Boiss. Fl. Orient. 5: 232 (1882).
Porrum amethystinum Rchb. Fl. Germ. Excurs.: 140(16) (1831).
Porrum ampeloprasum (L.) Mill. Gard. Dict. ed. 8.: n.° 2 (1768).
Porrum commune Rchb. Fl. Germ. Excurs.: 111 (1830).
Porrum sativum Mill. Gard. Dict. ed. 8.: n.° 1 (1768).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Allium ampeloprasum	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Allium ampeloprasum L.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Food Pl. in Seven Circum-Mediterranean Areas (Hadjichambis et al., 2009) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013) Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) Wild Edible Pls. of Paphos and Larnaca of Cyprus (Della et al., 2006) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Allium ampeloprasum Linn.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Plants of West Tropical Africa (2015)
Allium ampeloprasum ampeloprasum Leek Group	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
Allium porrum	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Allium porrum L.	Conservation of Indonesian Medicinal Plants (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Ethnobot. & Trade of Pl. in Qaysari Market, Iraq (Mati & Boer, 2011) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Survey of Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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