Plant Details

Accepted name:: Asparagus africanus var. africanus [Asparagaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Asparagus africanus Lam.
Infraspecies:: Asparagus africanus var. puberulus (Baker) Sebsebe

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
gaobeb	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
katdoring	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
okalila konghadi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 28 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Asparagus burkei Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 607 (1875).
Asparagus cooperi Baker Gard. Chron., n.s., 1: 818 (1874).
Asparagus rivalis Burch. ex Schult. & Schult.f. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 7: 337 (1829).
Asparagus rivalis Burch. ex Kies Bothalia 6: 179 (1951), nom. illeg.
Protasparagus cooperi (Baker) Oberm. S. African J. Bot. 2: 243 (1983).
Asparagopsis juniperina Kunth Enum. Pl. 5: 85 (1850).
Asparagopsis schlechtendalii Kunth Enum. Pl. 5: 90 (1850).
Asparagopsis scoparia Kunth Enum. Pl. 5: 80 (1850).
Asparagus africanus var. biarticulatus De Wild. & T.Durand Bull. Soc. Roy. Bot. Belgique 40: 31 (1901).
Asparagus africanus var. microcarpus Balf.f. Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh 12: 411 (1884).
Asparagus africanus var. pubescens Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 619 (1875).
Asparagus asiaticus var. ellenbeckianus Engl. Sitzungsber. Königl. Preuss. Akad. Wiss. Berlin 40: 737 (1906), nom. nud.
Asparagus asiaticus var. mitis (A.Rich.) Chiov. Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 26: 166 (1919).
Asparagus buruensis Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 155 (1910).
Asparagus dependens Thunb. Prodr. Pl. Cap.: 66 (1794).
Asparagus dinteri Engl. & Krause Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 45: 155 (1910).
Asparagus fleckii Schinz Bull. Herb. Boissier 4(App. 3): 43 (1896).
Asparagus francisci K.Krause Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 51: 449 (1914).
Asparagus gourmacus A.Chev. ex Hutch. & Dalziel Fl. W. Trop. Afr. 2: 352 (1936), not validly publ.
Asparagus irregularis Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 620 (1875).
Asparagus judtii Schinz Bull. Herb. Boissier 4(App. 3): 44 (1896).
Asparagus mitis A.Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 319 (1850).
Asparagus multiflorus Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 14: 610 (1875).
Asparagus patens K.Krause Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 51: 448 (1914).
Asparagus retrofractus Forssk. Fl. Aegypt.-Arab.: 73 (1775), sensu auct.
Asparagus sennii Chiov. Fl. Somala 2: 418 (1932).
Asparagus sidamensis Cufod. Senckenberg. Biol. 50: 245 (1969).
Protasparagus multiflorus (Baker) Oberm. S. African J. Bot. 2: 244 (1983).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Asparagus burkei Baker	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Asparagus cooperi Baker	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Asparagus rivalis Burch.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Asparagus rivalis Burch. ex Kies	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Protasparagus cooperi (Baker) Oberm.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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