Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aansale-hindi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
aansalehindi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
acukkayam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
adavi-irulli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
adavi-tellagada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
adavithellagadda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
asmantaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ban piaj	Other	Ethnobot. of Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019)
ban piaz	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ban pyaj	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
basalelfar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
basalelundal	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
baslul-barre-hindi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
baslul-fare-hindi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
baslulfarehindi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bheemana ulli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cevakan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cevukan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ciruvenkayam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dodda kaadu bellulli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ghesu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ghesuva	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gusiya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hal-kamdo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
indian squill	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
indian-squill	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
isqeel	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
isqile-hindi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
isqilehindi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
isqueele-hindi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
jangali kanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jangali piyaaz	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
jangali pyaja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jangli piaz	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jangli-kanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jangli-piaz	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
jangli-piyaz	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
janglikanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
janglipiaaj	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
janglipiyaz	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
janglipyaaz	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
janglipyajha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
janglipyaz	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
kaadu bellulli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaadu bili eerulli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaattu vengayam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaazagadda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kakunarakavulli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kande	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kanthanga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karunarakam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
karuvulli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattirulli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattu venkayam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattulli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattullikkilanku	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattuvelvenkayam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattuvengayam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kattuvenkayam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kola kanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kolakanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
koli-kanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kolkaandaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kolkanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
krimighna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lala pyaja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
naayi ullaa gaddi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
naayiulli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nakka-vulli-gadda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nakkavalligadda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nari eerulli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nari-vengayam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
narivengayam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
nayulli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nir venkayam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nurri vungyum	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nurri-vungyum	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
panjala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
patalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peyanulli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peyanullicceti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peyppariti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peypparitiyulli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
peyulli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pinar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pinnar	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
piyaaz-dasti	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
piyaazsahraayi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
piyaze-dashtie-hindi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
piyaze-dastie-hindi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
piyaze-moshe-hindi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
piyazedashtiehindi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
piyazemoshehindi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
putakanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
putalu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ranachakanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ranachakande	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rankaandaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rankanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
safed-kando	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sea onion	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
seeme nari eerulli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shiru naarangadde	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sommulung	Other	Ethnobot. of Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019)
suputa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ullaagaddi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
unsul-e-hindi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
urginea	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
vajrakanda	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
vana-palaandu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
vana-palandam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vanapalandam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vanapalandu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vanpyaz	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vasrapanjala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vehuvengayam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
white squill	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
white squills	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
white-squill	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
bulb		British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
bulb		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
bulb	dried bulb	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
Root		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 27 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Erythronium indicum Rottler ex Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 2: 97 (1825), pro syn.
Urginea coromandeliana Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 6: 347 (1892), nom. illeg.
Urginea indica (Roxb.) Kunth Enum. Pl. 4: 333 (1843).
Albuca reflexa K.Krause & Dinter Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 51: 445 (1914).
Aletris littoralis J.Koenig ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 49 (1840).
Anthericum hyacinthoides Willd. ex Kunth Enum. Pl. 4: 336 (1843).
Drimia zambesiaca (Baker) J.C.Manning & Goldblatt Edinburgh J. Bot. 60: 557 (2003 publ. 2004).
Erythronium hyacinthoides Royle Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts.: 453 (1840).
Indurgia indica (Roxb.) Speta Stapfia 75: 170 (2001).
Indurgia wightiana (Hook.f.) Speta Stapfia 75: 170 (2001).
Ledebouria maculata Dalzell Hooker's J. Bot. Kew Gard. Misc. 2: 143 (1850).
Melanthium hyacinthoides Royle Ill. Bot. Himal. Mts.: 384 (1839).
Ornithogalum desertorum J.C.Manning & Goldblatt Edinburgh J. Bot. 60: 547 (2003 publ. 2004).
Scilla indica Roxb. Fl. Ind., ed. 1832. 2: 147 (1832).
Thuranthos indicus (Roxb.) Speta Phyton (Horn) 38: 84 (1998).
Thuranthos wightianus (Hook.f.) Speta Phyton (Horn) 38: 85 (1998).
Thuranthos zambesiacum (Baker) Kativu Kirkia 15: 113 (1994).
Urginea amboensis Baker Bull. Herb. Boissier, sér. 2, 3: 665 (1903).
Urginea salmonea Berhaut Fl. Senegal, ed. 2: 428 (1967).
Urginea sebirii Berhaut Mém. Publiés Soc. Bot. France 1953-1954: 7 (1954).
Urginea wightiana Hook.f. Fl. Brit. India 6: 347 (1892).
Urginea zambesiaca Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 13: 223 (1873).
Vera-duthiea amboensis (Baker) Mart.-Azorín, M.B.Crespo, M.Pinter & Wetschnig Phytotaxa 397: 296 (2019).
Vera-duthiea reflexa (K.Krause & Dinter) Mart.-Azorín, M.B.Crespo, M.Pinter & Wetschnig Phytotaxa 397: 296 (2019).
Vera-duthiea salmonea (Berhaut) Mart.-Azorín, M.B.Crespo, M.Pinter & Wetschnig Phytotaxa 397: 296 (2019).
Vera-duthiea sebirii (Berhaut) Mart.-Azorín, M.B.Crespo, M.Pinter & Wetschnig Phytotaxa 397: 296 (2019).
Vera-duthiea zambesiaca (Baker) N.R.Crouch & Mart.-Azorín Phytotaxa 470: 261 (2020).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Drimia indica	Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Drimia indica (Roxb.) J P Jessop	British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
Drimia indica (Roxb.) J.P.Jessop	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
Drimia indica (Roxb.) Jessop	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) Ethnobot. of Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Drimia indica (Roxb.)Jessop	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Erythronium indicum Rottler ex Spreng.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Urginea coromandeliana Hook.f.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Urginea coromandeliana Hooker	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Urginea indica	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Urginea indica (Roxb) Kunth.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017)
Urginea indica (Roxb.) Kunth	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002)
Urginea indica (Roxb.) Kunth.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Urginea indica (Roxb.)Kunth	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Urginea indica Kunth	Ethnobot. of Pangkhua Community in Bangladesh (Faruque, 2019) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)

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