Plant Details

Accepted name:: Chlorophytum capense (L.) Voss [Asparagaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bā yè lán	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
diào lán	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
guà lán	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
jīn biān diào lán	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
lán cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
spider-plant	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
yìng yè diào lán	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
八叶兰	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
兰草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
吊兰	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
吊蘭	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
挂兰	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
硬叶吊兰	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
硬葉吊蘭	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
金邊吊蘭	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
釣蘭	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
钓兰	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
whole shoot system		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 10 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Anthericum elatum Aiton Hort. Kew. 1: 448 (1789).
Anthericum fastigiatum (Poir.) F.Dietr. Nachtr. Vollst. Lex. Gärtn. 1: 256 (1815).
Anthericum rouwenortii Gorter Cat. Pl. Hort. Ulenpass.: 51 (1783).
Anthericum variegatum W.G.Sm. Fl. Mag. (London), n.s., 1875: t. 152 (1875).
Asphodelus capensis L. Syst. Nat., ed. 10. 2: 982 (1759).
Chlorophytum elatum (Aiton) R.Br. ex Ker Gawl. J. Sci. Arts (London) 1: 182 (1816).
Phalangium elatum (Aiton) Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 5: 248 (1804).
Phalangium fasciculatum Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 15: 331 (1876).
Phalangium fastigiatum Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 5: 246 (1804).
Phalangium variegatum Baker Gard. Chron., n.s., 18: 108 (1882).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Chlorophytum capense	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Chlorophytum capense (L.) O. Kuntze	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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