Plant Details

Accepted name:

Dracaena aethiopica (Thunb.) Byng & Christenh. [Asparagaceae]

Source of taxonomy and confidence:

World Checklist ( )

Information about this plant:

Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
!gwi	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
!hui	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
aambeiwortel	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
bowstring hemp	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
divughu	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
eyasigo	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
ghaiwortel	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
isikholokotho	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
kafferwortel	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
khai	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mfunghu-fughu	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mokgotshe omonamagadi	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mosokela-tsebeng	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mother-in-law's tongue	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
omuse	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
onghushe	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
ongohe	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
ongwehe	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
piles root	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
rufugu	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
swartwortel	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
wildewortel	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
xikwenga	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
\|xa-ji	Other	SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)

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

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

synonym
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:
Sansevieria aethiopica Thunb.	Med. and Magical Pl. of S. Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
Sansevieria aethiopica Thunberg	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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