Plant Details

Accepted name:: Zygophyllum creticum (L.) Christenh. & Byng [Zygophyllaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
ajabhakshya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
anantaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
ananto	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
atmamuli	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ba tsher ba rnam gcig	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
badavard	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
barkan	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
byi tsher	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
byi-tsher	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chittigara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chittigava	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
clover, prickly	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
dama	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
damahan	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
dhamaasa	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
dhamaasaa	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
dhamaaso	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
dhamah	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
dhamaha	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
dhamasa	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
dhamaya(dhamasa)	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhanhare	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
dhanuryasa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhanvayaasa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
dhanvayaasaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
dhanvayasa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dhanvayasah	Other	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)
dhanvayavaasa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
dhanvayāsakah	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
dhanvayāsaḥ (whole plant)	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
dhanvi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
duhsparshaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
duhsparśā	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
dumaso	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
duraalabhaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
duraalabhak	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
durabhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
duralabaha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
duralabha	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
durālabhā	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
durālambhā	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
dusparsha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
fagonia	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
gaandhaari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
gandhari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gilaregat	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
gilaregati	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
grahini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hinguaa	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
huleewa	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
idankarya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
igraha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
indian fagonia	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
kacchura	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kachhuraa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kashaya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
khorasan thorn	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
kodittuva	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
kunashaka	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mantle of the virgin	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
marujauma	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mriduparna	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
padmamukhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
prabodhani	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pralhadini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rodini	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
samudraantaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
samudranta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shankubaitiza	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
shukai	Other	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
shwaikah	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sukshmadala	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tamramula	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tulganari	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
ushtrabhakshya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
uṣṭrabhakṣyā	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
vikanta	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
virupa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
virupā	Other	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
visharada	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Whole plant		Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bark, aerial parts, leaves, flower, fruit, whole plant		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
whole plant	dried whole plant	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011)
whole plant	dried whole plant	Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
Whole Plant		Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 9 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Fagonia cretica L. Sp. Pl.: 386 (1753).
Fagonia deflexa Moench Suppl. Meth.: 82 (1802).
Fagonia desertorum Andr. Ind. Horti Bot. Univ. Budapest 1938: 60 (1938).
Fagonia elongata Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 319 (1796).
Fagonia erecta Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 1 (1768).
Fagonia forskalii Pfund Flora 57: 414 (1874).
Fagonia hispanica L. Sp. Pl.: 886 (1753).
Fagonia virens Coss. ex T.Anderson J. Proc. Linn. Soc., Bot. 5(Suppl. 1): 12 (1860).
Fagonia viscosa Hochst. ex Boiss. Fl. Orient. 1: 904 (1867).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Fagonia cretica	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Fagonia cretica DC.	Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Fagonia cretica L.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2008) Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Fagonia cretica Linn.	Ayurvedic Pharm. of India (1999-2011) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Trop. Africa (2015) Unani Pharmacop. India (2007-2008)
Zygophyllum creticum (L.) Christenh. & Byng	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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