Plant Details

Accepted name:: Echinops spinosissimus Turra [Asteraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 5

Echinops spinosissimus subsp. bithynicus (Boiss.) Greuter

Echinops spinosissimus subsp. macrolepis (Boiss.) Greuter

Echinops spinosissimus subsp. neumayeri (Vis.) Kožuharov

Echinops spinosissimus subsp. spinosissimus

Echinops spinosissimus subsp. spinosus Greuter

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
globe thistle	Other	Food Pl. in Seven Circum-Medit. Areas (Hadjichambis et al., 2009)
saratzinos	Other	Wild Edible Pls. of Paphos & Larnaca of Cyprus (Della et al., 2006)
shook al- gamal	Other	Trad. Med. Pl. of Al-Rass Province, Saudi Arabia (El-Ghazali et al., 2010)
shook al-gamal	Other	Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
γαουράγκαθο	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
καμηλάγκαθο	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
σαρατζηνός	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
young stems		Wild Edible Pls. of Paphos & Larnaca of Cyprus (Della et al., 2006)
young leaves		Food Pl. in Seven Circum-Medit. Areas (Hadjichambis et al., 2009)
rosette of leaves, stem, leaf stem		Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
Whole plant		Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Echinops spinosissimus Tuna.	Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
Echinops spinosissimus Turra	Food Pl. in Seven Circum-Medit. Areas (Hadjichambis et al., 2009) Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016) Wild Edible Pls. of Paphos & Larnaca of Cyprus (Della et al., 2006) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Echinops spinosissimus Turra.	Trad. Med. Pl. of Al-Rass Province, Saudi Arabia (El-Ghazali et al., 2010)

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