Plant Details

Accepted name:

Alkanna tinctoria (L.) Tausch [Boraginaceae]

Source of taxonomy and confidence:

World Checklist: unpublished records ( )

Information about this plant:

Plants of the World Online

Infraspecies:

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Alkanna tinctoria subsp. anatolica Hub.-Mor.

Alkanna tinctoria subsp. subleiocarpa (Hub.-Mor.) Hub.-Mor.

Alkanna tinctoria subsp. tinctoria

Alkanna tinctoria subsp. tripolitana (Bornm.) Qaiser

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aboukhalsā	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
alkanet	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Survey of Trad. Drugs Sold in Jordan (Lev, 2002) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000)
alkanetta	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
alkanna	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
alkanna krasilnaya	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
alkannawurzel	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
dyer's-alkanet	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
dyer's-bugloss	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
hava civa otu	Other	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
havāchoubeh	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
henna al-ghula	Other	Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
hojouyeh	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
kahla	Other	Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
kök boya	Other	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
onoquiles	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
orcaneta	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
orcanette	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
racines d'alkanna	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
rigl el-hamam	Other	Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
schminkwurz	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
spanish-bugloss	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999)
ابوخلسا	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
حنة الغول	Other	Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
رجل الحمام	Other	Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
كحله	Other	Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
هواچوبه	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
هوجویه	Other	Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Root		Survey of Trad. Drugs Sold in Jordan (Lev, 2002)
Root		Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000)
Root		Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
bark, root		Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 3 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

synonym
Anchusa tinctoria (L.) L. Sp. Pl. ed. 2: 192 (1762).
Lithospermum tinctorium L. Sp. Pl.: 132 (1753).
Onochilis tinctoria (L.) Bubani Fl. Pyren. 1: 491 (1897).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Alkanna tinctoria	Europe's Med. Pl. (Lange, 1998) Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997) Survey of Trad. Drugs Sold in Jordan (Lev, 2002) Trad. Drugs in Israel at End C20th (Lev & Amar, 2000) Traditional Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Alkanna tinctoria (L.) Tausch	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2015) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015)
Alkanna tinctoria (L.) Tausch.	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (2015)
Alkanna tinctoria Tausch	GRIN Report: World Economic Plants (Wiersema, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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