Plant Details

Accepted name:: Anchusa azurea var. azurea [Boraginaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Anchusa azurea Mill.
Infraspecies:: 2

Anchusa azurea var. kurdica (Guşul.) D.F.Chamb.

Anchusa azurea var. macrocarpa (Boiss. & Hohen.) D.F.Chamb.

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
buglosse	Other	Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
cow’s tongue plant	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
gaozabaan	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
gojihvikaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
gol-e gaav zaban	Other	Survey in Kohghiluyeh va Boyer Ahmad, Iran (Mosaddegh et al., 2012)
lisan althwar	Other	Trad. Med. in Syria: Folk Med. in Aleppo (Alachkara et al., 2011)
oglossos	Other	Wild Edible Pls. of Paphos & Larnaca of Cyprus (Della et al., 2006)
otziokos	Other	Wild Edible Pls. of Paphos & Larnaca of Cyprus (Della et al., 2006)
stink herb	Other	Wild Med. Pl. Jordan (Al-Qura'n, 2009)
لسان الثور	Other	Trad. Med. in Syria: Folk Med. in Aleppo (Alachkara et al., 2011)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaf flower		Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
Flower		Survey in Kohghiluyeh va Boyer Ahmad, Iran (Mosaddegh et al., 2012)
aerial part		Wild Edible Pls. of Paphos & Larnaca of Cyprus (Della et al., 2006)
flower, stem	oil	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
flower, root		Wild Med. Pl. Jordan (Al-Qura'n, 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 20 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Anchusa italica Retz. Observ. Bot. 1: 12 (1779).
Anchusa amoena J.F.Gmel. Syst. Nat. 2: 318 (1821).
Anchusa azurea var. macrophylla (Lam.) Sauvage & Vindt Trav. Inst. Sci. Chérifien, Sér. Bot. 3: 96 (1954).
Anchusa biceps Vest Flora 4: 148 (1821).
Anchusa italica var. angustifolia St.-Lag. in A.Cariot, Étude Fl., éd. 8, 2: 603 (1889).
Anchusa italica var. grandiflora Jekyll & E.T.Cook Garden (London, 1871-1927) 57: 471 (1900).
Anchusa italica var. paniculata (Aiton) Rouy in G.Rouy & J.Foucaud, Fl. France 10: 286 (1908).
Anchusa italica var. strigosa Maire Bull. Soc. Hist. Nat. Afrique N. 22: 306 (1931).
Anchusa lucida Vitman Summa Pl. 1: 387 (1789).
Anchusa macrophylla Lam. Tabl. Encycl. 1: 402 (1792).
Anchusa officinalis Gouan Hortus Monsp.: 81 (1762).
Anchusa paniculata Aiton Hort. Kew. 1: 177 (1789).
Anchusa vulgaris (Tausch) Dumort. Fl. Belg.: 41 (1827).
Buglossum amoenum Gaertn. Fruct. Sem. Pl. 1: 322 (1788).
Buglossum caeruleum Pers. Syn. Pl. 1: 159 (1805).
Buglossum elatum Moench Methodus: 418 (1794).
Buglossum italicum (Retz.) Tausch Flora 7: 230 (1824).
Buglossum paniculatum Tausch Flora 7: 228 (1824).
Buglossum vulgare Tausch Flora 7: 229 (1824).
Lycopsis macrophylla Desr. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl. 3: 657 (1792).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Anchusa italica	Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000)
Anchusa italica Rerz.	Wild Edible Pls. of Paphos & Larnaca of Cyprus (Della et al., 2006)
Anchusa italica Retz.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000) Survey in Kohghiluyeh va Boyer Ahmad, Iran (Mosaddegh et al., 2012) Trad. Med. in Syria: Folk Med. in Aleppo (Alachkara et al., 2011) Wild Med. Pl. Jordan (Al-Qura'n, 2009)
Anchusa italica Retzius	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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