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:
aansla	Other	Spp. Substitution in Med. Roots & Toxicity (Ouarghidi et al., 2012)
adasoğanı	Other	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
albarrã branca	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
ansal	Other	Trad. Med. in Syria: Folk Med. in Aleppo (Alachkara et al., 2011)
avróshylla	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
basal al-bar	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
basal far	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
basal-ol-far	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
bulbus scillae	Other	WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
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 (RBG, 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	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
gaav piazi	Other	Survey in Kohghiluyeh va Boyer Ahmad, Iran (Mosaddegh et al., 2012)
isqeel	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kannomiakayam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kannomiyam	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
maritime squill	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
meerzwiebel	Other	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
onsol	Other	Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013) Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
red squill	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
red-squill	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
scila	Other	Med. Pl. Braz. Pharm. (Brandão et al., 2006)
scilla	Other	Herbal Meds., 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 Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
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 Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sea-squill	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sjölök	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
skyllokremmída	Other	Med. Pl. Use: Monasteries on Cyprus (Lardos & Heinrich, 2013)
squil white	Other	Pl. Used by Inhabitants of Ajloun, Jordan (Al-Quran, 2015) 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 Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Healing Potential of Med. Pl., Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2000) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
squilla	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
unsal	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
urginea	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
u’nslan	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
white sea onion	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
white squill	Other	British Pharmacopoeia 2015, Vol. 4 (2014) Herbal Meds., 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	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
بصل البر	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
بصل العنصل	Other	Trad. Med. in Syria: Folk Med. in Aleppo (Alachkara et al., 2011)
بصل الفار	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
خولصان	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
عنصل	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998) Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
عنصلان	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
غوصلان‬	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)
‫بوصلان	Other	National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014)

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 et al., 2012)
Bulb (red and white varieties)		Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Bulb		Tradit. 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		Pl. Used by Inhabitants of Ajloun, Jordan (Al-Quran, 2015)
root		Spp. Substitution in Med. Roots & Toxicity (Ouarghidi et al., 2012)
bulb		Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013)
bulb		WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)
bulbs		Med. Pl. 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 Meds., 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 Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Med. Pl. in Markets of Mashhad, Iran (Amiri & Joharchi, 2013) Pl. Used by Inhabitants of Ajloun, Jordan (Al-Quran, 2015) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Spp. Substitution in Med. Roots & Toxicity (Ouarghidi et al., 2012) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Drimia maritima (L.)Stearn	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Ornithogalum maritimum (L.)Lam.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Scilla maritima L.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Scilla maritime	Tradit. 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.) Bak.	Med. Pl. in N Israel (Dafnia et al., 1984)
Urginea maritima (L.) Baker	Ethnobot. in W Granada Province, Spain (Benítez et al., 2010) 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) National List of Med. Pl. in Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2014) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Urginea maritima (L.)Baker	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Urginea maritima (Linné) Baker	E-Kommission: Approved Status (1984-1994)
Urginea maritima Baker	Healing Potential of Med. Pl., Palestine (Ali-Shtayeh et al., 2000) 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 (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Urginea maritima Baker.	Survey in Kohghiluyeh va Boyer Ahmad, Iran (Mosaddegh et al., 2012)
Urginea maritima L.	Med. Pl. in the Med.: Project Rubia (Gonzalez-Tejero et al., 2008) Trad. Med. in Syria: Folk Med. in Aleppo (Alachkara et al., 2011)
Urginea maritima var. alba	WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
Urginea maritime (L.) Baker	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
Urginea maritime Barker	Wild Med. Pl. Jordan (Al-Qura'n, 2009)
Urginea scilla	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Urginea scilla Steinh	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Urginea scilla Steinh.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)

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