Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aslanga	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
dravanti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
janjaria	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kuchhela	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kuli	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
musali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
mushali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
musli	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
nelathengu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
safed musali	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
safed musli	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
safed-moosali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
safed-musali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sarala pagada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shandaha	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
shandahat	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tiravanticam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
vallaimusali	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Root		Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tuber	dried tuber	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Root		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 14 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Anthericum kilimandscharicum Poelln. Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 51: 72 (1942).
Anthericum ornithogaloides Hochst. ex A.Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 332 (1850).
Anthericum tuberosum Roxb. Pl. Coromandel 2: 20 (1800).
Chlorophytum kulsii Cufod. Senckenberg. Biol. 50: 243 (1969).
Chlorophytum niveum (Poir.) M.R.Almeida Fl. Maharashtra 5A: 173 (2009).
Chlorophytum russii Chiov. Res. Sci. Somalia Ital. 1: 172 (1916).
Acrospira lilioides A.Chev. Mém. Soc. Bot. France 8: 89 (1908).
Anthericum niveum (Poir.) F.Dietr. Nachtr. Vollst. Lex. Gärtn. 1: 256 (1815).
Chlorophytum anthericoideum Dalzell Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 2: 141 (1850).
Liliago nivea (Poir.) C.Presl Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 3: 534 (1845).
Liliago tuberosa (Roxb.) C.Presl Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 3: 534 (1845).
Phalangium niveum Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 5: 248 (1804).
Phalangium ornithogaloides (Hochst. ex A.Rich.) Schweinf. Beitr. Fl. Aethiop.: 294 (1867).
Phalangium tuberosum (Roxb.) Kunth Enum. Pl. 4: 598 (1843).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Anthericum kilimandscharicum Poelln.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Anthericum ornithogaloides A.Rich.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Anthericum tuberosum Roxb.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Chlorophytum kulsii Cufod.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Chlorophytum niveum (Poir.)M.R.Almeida	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Chlorophytum russii Chiov.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Chlorophytum tuberosum (Roxb.) Bak.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Chlorophytum tuberosum (Roxb.) Baker	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Chlorophytum tuberosum (Roxb.)Baker	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Chlorophytum tuberosum Baker	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Chlorophytum tuberosum Baker.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

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