Plant Details

Accepted name:: Dracaena trifasciata (Prain) Mabb. [Asparagaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 2

Dracaena trifasciata subsp. sikawae (R.H.Webb & Yinger) Takaw.-Ny. & Thiede

Dracaena trifasciata subsp. trifasciata

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
african bowstring hemp	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bowsring	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
espada-de-santa-bárbara	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
espada-de-são-jorge	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
gōng xián má	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
hu wei lan	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
huā shé cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
hǔ wěi lán	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
lidah biawak	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
lidah buaya	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
lidah jin	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
lidah mertua	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
lǎo hǔ wěi	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
mother in law's tongue	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
mother-in-law's tongue	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
mother-in-laws tongue	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
qiān suì lán	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
snake plant	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
viper's bowstring hemp	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
千岁兰	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
弓弦麻	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
老虎尾	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
花蛇草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
虎尾兰	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
虎尾兰根	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
虎尾蘭	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
leaves		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 1 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Sansevieria trifasciata Prain Bengal Pl. 2: 1054 (1903).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Dracaena trifasciata (Prain) Mabb.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Sanseviera rifasciata Prain	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Sansevieria trifaciata Prain.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Sansevieria trifasciata	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Sansevieria trifasciata Hort. Ex Prain	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Sansevieria trifasciata Hort. ex Prain	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
Sansevieria trifasciata Prain	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Sansevieria trifasciata Prain var. trifasciata	Fijian Med. Pl. (Cambie & Ash, 1994)
Sansevieria trifasciata Prain.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

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