Plant Details

Accepted name:: Zygophyllum bruguieri (DC.) Christenh. & Byng [Zygophyllaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
afessour	Other	Ethnobot. of Med. Pl. from Hoggar, Algeria (Ramdane et al, 2015)
dhamasa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gul-e- kakarh	Other	Med. Pl. in Balochistan, Pakistan (Bibi et al., 2014)
shika'a	Other	Trad. Med. Pl. of Al-Rass Province, Saudi Arabia (El-Ghazali et al., 2010) Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Whole plant		Med. Pl. in Balochistan, Pakistan (Bibi et al., 2014)
Whole plant		Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
leaves, aerial parts		Ethnobot. of Med. Pl. from Hoggar, Algeria (Ramdane et al, 2015)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 14 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Fagonia bruguieri DC. Prodr. 1: 704 (1824).
Fagonia bruguieri var. ehrenbergii Schweinf. Bull. Herb. Boissier 7(App. 2): 275 (1899).
Fagonia bruguieri var. haplotricha Hadidi Fl. Iranica 98: 8 (1972).
Fagonia bruguieri var. laxa Boiss. Fl. Orient. 1: 906 (1867).
Fagonia bruguieri var. myriacantha (Boiss.) Maire Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 20: 177 (1929).
Fagonia bruguieri var. purpurascens Maire Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 20: 177 (1929).
Fagonia bruguieri var. rechingeri Hadidi Candollea 27: 91 (1972).
Fagonia diversifolia Boiss. Diagn. Pl. Orient., ser. 2, 1: 112 (1854).
Fagonia echinella Boiss. Diagn. Pl. Orient. 8: 123 (1849).
Fagonia haplotricha (Hadidi) Hadjik. & El Garf Taeckholmia 15: 83 (1995).
Fagonia kassasii Hadidi Candollea 21: 23 (1966).
Fagonia myriacantha Boiss. Diagn. Pl. Orient. 8: 123 (1849).
Fagonia olivieri var. glandulosa Hadidi Candollea 27: 92 (1972).
Fagonia schimperi C.Presl Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 3: 460 (1845).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Fagonia bruguieri DC	Ethnobot. of Med. Pl. from Hoggar, Algeria (Ramdane et al, 2015)
Fagonia bruguieri DC.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. in Balochistan, Pakistan (Bibi et al., 2014) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Fagonia bruguieri Prod.	Trad. Med. Pl. of Al-Rass Province, Saudi Arabia (El-Ghazali et al., 2010) Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
Zygophyllum bruguieri (DC.) Christenh. & Byng	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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