Plant Details

Accepted name:: Kumara plicatilis (L.) G.D.Rowley [Asphodelaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bergaalwyn	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
fan aloe	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
franschoekaalwyn	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tongaalwyn	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 10 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Aloe plicatilis (L.) Burm.f. Fl. Indica, Prodr. Fl. Cap.: 10 (1768).
Aloe disticha var. plicatilis L. Sp. Pl.: 321 (1753).
Aloe flabelliformis Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 246 (1796), nom. superfl.
Aloe lingua Thunb. Aloë: 8 (1785).
Aloe linguiformis L.f. Suppl. Pl.: 206 (1782), nom. illeg.
Aloe plicatilis var. major Salm-Dyck Verz. Art. Aloe: 30 (1817).
Aloe tripetala Medik. Bot. Beob. 1783: 55 (1784), nom. superfl.
Kumara disticha Medik. Theodora: 70 (1786), nom. superfl.
Rhipidodendrum distichum Willd. Mag. Neuesten Entdeck. Gesammten Naturk. Ges. Naturf. Freunde Berlin 5: 165 (1811), nom. superfl.
Rhipidodendrum plicatile (L.) Haw. Saxifrag. Enum. 2: 45 (1821).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Aloe plicatilis (L.) Mill.	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002)
Aloe plicatilis (L.)Mill.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Aloe plicatilis Miller	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Kumara plicatilis (L.) G.D.Rowley	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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