Plant Details

Accepted name:: Agave amica (Medik.) Thiede & Govaerts [Asparagaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
azucena	Other	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bhoochampa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bunga sedap malam tuberose	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
gul-sabu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gulachhabu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gulachhadi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gulcheri	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
gulchhabu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
gulshabbu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
mistress of the night	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
nakacapu	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nelasampenga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
night fragrant jade	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
nila campanki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nilacampanki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
nilasampangi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
nishighandha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
omixochitl	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rajanigandha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rajanigandhaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
ratkirani	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sambangi	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sandhya raaga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sandhyaraga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sedap malam	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
siku dangan	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sugandha raaja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sugandha raja	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
sundai malam	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
sundal malam	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
tattaiccampanki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
teruna semalam	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
thella sampenga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tuberose	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
vaerusampenga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
wan xiang yu	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
wǎn xiāng yù	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
ye lai xiang	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
yè xià xiāng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
夜下香	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
晚香玉	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
corm, flower, tubers		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
flower, bulbs		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 8 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Polianthes tuberosa L. Sp. Pl.: 316 (1753).
Agave polianthes Thiede & Eggli Kakteen And. Sukk. 52: 166 (2001), nom. superfl.
Agave tuberosa (L.) Thiede & Eggli Kakteen And. Sukk. 50: 112 (1999), nom. illeg.
Crinum angustifolium Houtt. Nat. Hist. 2(12): 165 (1780).
Polianthes gracilis Link Enum. Hort. Berol. Alt. 1: 330 (1821).
Polianthes tuberosa var. gracilis (Link) Beurl. Kongl. Vetensk. Acad. Handl. 42: 110 (1854 publ. 1856).
Polianthes tuberosa f. plena Moldenke Phytologia 3: 41 (1948).
Tuberosa amica Medik. Hist. & Commentat. Acad. Elect. Sci. Theod.-Palat. 6(Phys.): 430 (1790).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Agave amica (Medik.) Thiede & Govaerts	World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Polianthes tuberosa	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Polianthes tuberosa L.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Orders & Families of Med. Pl. in Philippines (Carag & Buot, 2017) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Polianthes tuberosa Lin.	Med. Pl. in Ethnobot./Relig. Trads., Cuba (Carlomagno et al., 2015)
Polianthes tuberosa Linn.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Polyanthes tuberosa L.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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