Plant Details

Accepted name:: Centaurea iberica Trevir. ex Spreng. [Asteraceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants
Infraspecies:: 5

Centaurea iberica subsp. hermonis (Boiss.) Bornm.

Centaurea iberica subsp. holzmanniana (Boiss.) Dostál

Centaurea iberica subsp. iberica

Centaurea iberica subsp. meryonis (DC.) Bornm.

Centaurea iberica var. mesocentroides Pitmann

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
kandaria	Other	Med. Pl. in Tamil Nadu, India (Prabhu et al., 2014)
shrubby centaury	Other	Healing Potential of Med. Pl., Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2000)
thistle	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
مرار	Other	Med. Pl. in C Mountains, Jordan (Oran & Al-Eisawi, 2015)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaves		Med. Pl. in Tamil Nadu, India (Prabhu et al., 2014)
leaves		Med. Pl. in C Mountains, Jordan (Oran & Al-Eisawi, 2015)

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

Calcitrapa iberica (Trevir. ex Spreng.) Schur Enum. Pl. Transsilv.: 409 (1866).
Centaurea pallescens var. iberica (Trevir. ex Spreng.) Gugler & Thell. Ann. Hist.-Nat. Mus. Natl. Hung. 6: 209 (1908).
Leucantha iberica (Trevir. ex Spreng.) Á.Löve & D.Löve Bot. Not. 114: 44 (1961).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Centaurea Iberica	Med. Pl. in C Mountains, Jordan (Oran & Al-Eisawi, 2015)
Centaurea iberica	Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
Centaurea iberica Trev.	Med. Pl. in Tamil Nadu, India (Prabhu et al., 2014)
Centaurea iberica Trev. ex Sprengel	Healing Potential of Med. Pl., Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2000)
Centaurea iberica Trevir. ex Spreng.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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