Plant Details

Accepted name:: Aspalathus linearis (Burm.f.) R.Dahlgren [Fabaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
aspalathi linearis herba	Pharmaceutical	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
aspalathus	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
herba aspalathi	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)
red bush tea	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rooibos	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021) Trad. Med. in Africa (Mahomoodally, 2013) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
rooibos tea	Other	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
rooibos tea plant	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
rooibos-tea	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
rooibosbuske	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
rooibostea plant	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
rooibostee	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
rooibus	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
rotbusch	Other	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Herb		Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015)
Herb		WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
herb		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
leaf, twig		African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 12 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Achyronia tenuifolia (DC.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 157 (1891).
Aspalathus cognata C.Presl Abh. Königl. Böhm. Ges. Wiss., ser. 5, 3: 556 (1845).
Aspalathus corymbosa E.Mey. Linnaea 7: 159 (1832).
Aspalathus linearis subsp. pinifolia (Marloth) R.Dahlgren Opera Bot. 9: 283 (1963).
Aspalathus tenuifolia DC. Prodr. 2: 143 (1825).
Borbonia pinifolia Marloth Trans. Roy. Soc. South Africa 2: 238 (1912).
Genista contaminata Poir. in J.B.A.M.de Lamarck, Encycl., Suppl. 2: 721 (1812).
Lebeckia candolleana Walp. Linnaea 13: 477 (1840).
Lebeckia contaminata DC. Prodr. 2: 136 (1825), nom. illeg.
Lebeckia linearis (Burm.f.) DC. Prodr. 2: 137 (1825).
Psoralea linearis Burm.f. Fl. Indica, Prodr. Fl. Cap.: 22 (1768).
Rafnia filifolia Eckl. ex Walp. Ann. Bot. Syst. 1: 208 (1848), not validly publ.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Aspalathus linearis	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. and Extracts Market News Service (Brinkmann et al., 2009) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Aspalathus linearis (Brum.f.) R. Dahlg.	Trad. Med. in Africa (Mahomoodally, 2013)
Aspalathus linearis (Burm. F.) R. Dahlgren	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
Aspalathus linearis (Burm. f.) R. Dahlgren	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Aspalathus linearis (Burm.f.) Dahlg.	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Aspalathus linearis (Burm.f.) R. Dahlgr.	Tea and Herbal Infusions Europe Pl. Inventory (THIE, 2021)
Aspalathus linearis (Burm.f.) R. Dahlgren	Commercially Important African Med. Pl. (Van Wyk, 2015) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Aspalathus linearis (Burm.f.) R.Dahlgren	African Herbal Pharmacopoeia 1st edn. (2010) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Aspalathus linearis (Burm.f.) R.Dahlgr.	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)

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