Plant Details

Accepted name:: Dracaena aethiopica (Thunb.) Byng & Christenh. [Asparagaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
!gwi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
!hui	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
aambeiwortel	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bitter patat	Other	Local, Wild-Harvested Spp. in Trade, S Africa (Petersen et al., 2012)
bowstring hemp	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
divughu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
eyasigo	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ghaiwortel	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
isikholokotho	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kafferwortel	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
khai	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mfunghu-fughu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mokgotshe omonamagadi	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mosokela-tsebeng	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mother-in-law's tongue	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
omuse	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
onghushe	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ongohe	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ongwehe	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
piles root	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
rufugu	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
swartwortel	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
wildewortel	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
xikwenga	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
\|xa-ji	Other	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
tuber		Local, Wild-Harvested Spp. in Trade, S Africa (Petersen et al., 2012)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 5 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Sansevieria aethiopica Thunb. Prodr. Pl. Cap.: 65 (1794).
Sansevieria caespitosa Dinter Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 23: 228 (1926).
Sansevieria glauca Haw. Syn. Pl. Succ.: 65 (1812).
Sansevieria scabrifolia Dinter Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 30: 85 (1932).
Sansevieria thunbergii Mattei Boll. Stud. Inform. Reale Giardino Colon. 4: 173 (1918), nom. superfl.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Dracaena aethiopica (Thunb.) Byng & Christenh.	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Sanseviera aethopica Thunb.	Local, Wild-Harvested Spp. in Trade, S Africa (Petersen et al., 2012)
Sansevieria aethiopica Thunb.	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Sansevieria aethiopica Thunberg	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Sansevieria caespitosa Dinter	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Sansevieria glauca Haw.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Sansevieria scabrifolia Dinter	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Sansevieria thunbergii Mattei	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)

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