Plant Details

Accepted name:: Centaurea calcitrapa L. [Asteraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 3

Centaurea calcitrapa subsp. calcitrapa

Centaurea calcitrapa subsp. cilicica (Boiss. & Balansa) Wagenitz

Centaurea calcitrapa subsp. angusticeps (H.Lindb.) Meikle

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
abu-shuka	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
atrashía	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
caltrops	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chausse-trappe	Other	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
dardar	Other	Trad. Med. in Syria: Folk Med. in Aleppo (Alachkara et al., 2011)
murrayr	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
star thistle	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
star-thistle	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
trisatshiá	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
ατρασιία	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
τρισατζιά	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
أبو شوكة	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
دردار	Other	Trad. Med. in Syria: Folk Med. in Aleppo (Alachkara et al., 2011)
مرير	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
whole plant		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
aerial part		Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
above ground parts, leaf		Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
whole plant		Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Calcitrapa calcitrapa (L.) Hill Hort. Kew.: 62 (1768), not validly publ.
Calcitrapa vulgaris Bernh. Syst. Verz. Erf.: 158 (1800).
Rhaponticum calcitrapa (L.) Scop. Fl. Carniol., ed. 2, 2: 136 (1771).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Centaurea calcitrapa L.	Ethnobot. in W Granada Province, Spain (Benítez et al., 2010) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013) Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) Trad. Med. in Syria: Folk Med. in Aleppo (Alachkara et al., 2011) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

Centaurea calcitrapa L.

Ethnobot. in W Granada Province, Spain (Benítez et al., 2010)
Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998)
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002)
Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Trad. Med. in Syria: Folk Med. in Aleppo (Alachkara et al., 2011)
World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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