Plant Details

Accepted name:: Bulbine frutescens (L.) Willd. [Asphodelaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
balsem kopieva	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
balsemkopieva	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
balsemkopiva	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bulbine	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010) Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
bulbinella	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
burn jelly plant	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010) Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
cat's tail	Other	Wild-Harvested Spp. in Trade, S Africa (Petersen et al., 2012)
cat’s tail	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
copaiba	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
elimpofu	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
geelkatstert	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ibhucu	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
intelezi	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ithethe rankkopieva	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
itswele lenyoka	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
katstert	Other	Wild-Harvested Spp. in Trade, S Africa (Petersen et al., 2012)
khomo-ya-ntsukammele	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
rankkopieva	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sehlare-sa-mollo	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sehlare-sa-pekane	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
sehlaresa- pekane	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
snake flower	Other	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
stalked bulbine	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
utswelana	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaves		Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
leaves		Wild-Harvested Spp. in Trade, S Africa (Petersen et al., 2012)
leaf	fresh or freeze-dried leaf gel	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 12 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Anthericum frutescens L. Sp. Pl.: 310 (1753).
Anthericum fruticosum Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 250 (1796), nom. superfl.
Anthericum incurvum Thunb. Prodr. Pl. Cap.: 62 (1794).
Anthericum rostratum Jacq. Collectanea 5: 82 (1797).
Bulbine caulescens L. Hort. Cliff., Fascimile ed.: 122 (1968).
Bulbine rostrata (Jacq.) Willd. Enum. Pl. Hort. Berol.: 372 (1809).
Anthericum multiceps Poelln. Bol. Soc. Brot., sér. 2, 16: 68 (1942).
Bulbine frutescens var. incurva (Thunb.) Rowley Natl. Cact. Succ. J. 28: 6 (1973).
Bulbine frutescens var. rostrata (Jacq.) Rowley Natl. Cact. Succ. J. 28: 6 (1973).
Bulbine incurva (Thunb.) Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 2: 86 (1825).
Phalangium frutescens (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 713 (1891).
Phalangium rostratum (Jacq.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 713 (1891).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Anthericum frutescens L.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Anthericum fruticosum Salisb.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Anthericum incurvum Thunb.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Anthericum rostratum Jacq.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Bulbine caulescens L.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Bulbine frutescens (L.) Willd	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) Wild-Harvested Spp. in Trade, S Africa (Petersen et al., 2012)
Bulbine frutescens (L.) Willd.	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2020 (WHO-UMC, 2020) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2021 (WHO-UMC, 2021) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Bulbine frutescens Willd.	African Herbal Pharmacop. 1st edn. (2010)
Bulbine rostrata Willd.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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