Plant Details

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

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
adasoğanı	Other	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
albarrã branca	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
avróshylla	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
basal al-bar	Other	Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
basal far	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
basal-ol-far	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
cebola albarrã	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
cebola maritima	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
cebolla albarrana	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
cimaikkattulli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
cipolla marina	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
ein sit	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
esqil	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
gaav piazi	Other	Survey in Kohghiluyeh va Boyer Ahmad, Iran (Mosaddegh, 2012)
kannomiakayam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kannomiyam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maritime squill	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
meerzwiebel	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
onsol	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
red squill	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
red-squill	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
scila	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
scilla	Other	Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
scilla maritima	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
scillae bulbus	Pharmaceutical	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
scille maritime	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
sea onion	Other	Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
sea squill	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
sea-onion	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
sea-squill	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
sjölök	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
skyllokremmída	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
squil white	Other	Wild Med. Pl. Jordan (Al-Qura'n, 2009)
squill	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008) British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
squilla	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
unsal	Other	Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
urginea	Other	Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
u’nslan	Other	Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
white sea onion	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
white squill	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
αβρόσιυλλα	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
σκυλλοκρεμμίδα	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
اسقيل	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
بصل البر	Other	Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
بصل الفار	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
عنصل	Other	Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998) Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
عنصلان	Other	Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
bulb		British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014)
Bulb		Survey in Kohghiluyeh va Boyer Ahmad, Iran (Mosaddegh, 2012)
Bulb (red and white varieties)		Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Bulb		Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Bulb		WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
bulb, leaf		Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
bulb, leaf, Infloresence		Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
bulbs		Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
bulb		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
bulb	dried bulb	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
bulb	tincture, vegetal drug, fluid extract, powdered drug	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
bulb		Wild Med. Pl. Jordan (Al-Qura'n, 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 11 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Ornithogalum maritimum (L.) Lam. Fl. Franç. 3: 276 (1779).
Scilla maritima L. Sp. Pl.: 308 (1753).
Urginea maritima (L.) Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 13: 221 (1873).
Urginea scilla Steinh. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 1: 330 (1834), nom. superfl.
Charybdis maritima (L.) Speta Phyton (Horn) 38: 60 (1998).
Ornithogalum squilla Ker Gawl. Bot. Mag. 23: t. 918 (1806), nom. superfl.
Scilla rubra Garsault Fig. Pl. Méd.: 527 (1764), opus utique oppr.
Squilla maritima (L.) Steinh. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 2, 6: 279 (1836).
Stellaris scilla Moench Methodus: 304 (1794), nom. superfl.
Urginea maritima var. purpurascens Cout. Fl. Portugal: 135 (1913).
Urginea maritima var. virescens Cout. Fl. Portugal: 135 (1913).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Drima maritima (L.) Stearn	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Drimia maritima	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) Substances in Medicines, Australia (TGA, 2007)
Drimia maritima (L) Stearn	British Pharmacopoeia 2009, Vol. 4 (2008)
Drimia maritima (L.) Stearn	British Pharmacopoeia 2012, Vol. 4 (2011) British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbal Medicines, 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Drimia maritima (L.) W.T. Stearn	World Economic Plants (Wiersema et al., 2013)
Drimia maritima (L.)Stearn	SEPASAL Database (Kew, 2020) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
Ornithogalum maritimum (L.)Lam.	SEPASAL Database (Kew, 2020)
Scilla maritima L.	SEPASAL Database (Kew, 2020)
Scilla maritime	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Urginea maritima	Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
Urginea maritima (L.) Baker	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Herbs Israel (Said et al., 2002) Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015)
Urginea maritima (L.)Baker	SEPASAL Database (Kew, 2020)
Urginea maritima (Linné) Baker	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
Urginea maritima Baker	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013) Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015)
Urginea maritima Baker.	Survey in Kohghiluyeh va Boyer Ahmad, Iran (Mosaddegh, 2012)
Urginea maritima L.	Med. Pl. in the Mediterranean: Project Rubia (Gonzalez-Tejero et al., 2008)
Urginea maritima var. alba	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Urginea maritime (L.) Baker	Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
Urginea maritime Barker	Wild Med. Pl. Jordan (Al-Qura'n, 2009)
Urginea scilla Steinh	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Urginea scilla Steinh.	SEPASAL Database (Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)

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