Plant Details

Accepted name:: Dracaena fragrans (L.) Ker Gawl. [Asparagaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
pau-d'água	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
pelegum	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
pelegum-amarelo	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)
pelegum-verde	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014)

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 30 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Aletris fragrans L. Sp. Pl., ed. 2.: 456 (1762).
Aloe fragrantissima Jacq. Enum. Stirp. Vindob.: 309 (1762), nom. superfl.
Cordyline fragrans (L.) Planch. Fl. Serres Jard. Eur. 6: 111 (1850).
Dracaena albanensis Sander ex Mast. Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 27: 206 (1900).
Dracaena aureolus W.Bull ex Mast. Gard. Chron., n.s., 19: 404 (1883).
Dracaena broomfieldii Sander ex Mast. Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 20: 666 (1896).
Dracaena broomfieldii var. superba Sander ex Mast. Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 33: 245 (1903).
Dracaena butayei De Wild. Ann. Mus. Congo Belge, Bot., sér. 5, 1: 16 (1903).
Dracaena deisteliana Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 32: 96 (1902).
Dracaena deremensis Engl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 32: 95 (1902).
Dracaena deremensis var. warneckei Engl. Gartenwelt 1907: 505 (1907).
Dracaena ensifolia var. greigii Regel Gartenflora 20: 139 (1871).
Dracaena fragrans var. massangeana (Rodigas) É.Morren Belgique Hort. 31: 327 (1881).
Dracaena fragrans variegata W.Bull Nursery Cat. (William Bull) 199: 41 (1884).
Dracaena fragrans var. victoria (W.Bull) O.F.Cook Garden (London, 1871-1927) 1903: 78 (1903).
Dracaena fragrans f. wacheana Wacha ex Siebert Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 1065 (1895).
Dracaena janssensii Mast. Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 25: 287 (1899).
Dracaena latifolia f. rothiana Voss Vilm. Blumengärtn., ed. 3. 1: 1064 (1895).
Dracaena lindenii Linden ex André Ill. Hort. 27: 85 (1880).
Dracaena massangeana Rodigas Rev. Hort. Belg. 7: 210 (1881).
Dracaena smithii Baker ex Hook.f. Bot. Mag. 101: t. 6169 (1875).
Dracaena steudneri var. kilimandscharica Engl. Pflanzenw. Ost-Afrikas, C: 143 (1895).
Dracaena ugandensis Baker in D.Oliver & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Trop. Afr. 7: 445 (1898).
Dracaena victoria W.Bull Gard. Chron., ser. 3, 24: 325 (1898).
Draco fragrans (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 710 (1891).
Pleomele deremensis (Engl.) N.E.Br. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 278 (1914).
Pleomele fragrans (L.) Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 245 (1796).
Pleomele smithii (Baker ex Hook.f.) N.E.Br. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 279 (1914).
Pleomele ugandensis (Baker) N.E.Br. Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1914: 279 (1914).
Sansevieria fragrans (L.) Jacq. Fragm. Bot.: 29 (1803).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Dracaena fragrans	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Dracaena fragrans (L.) Ker Gawl.	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Dracaena fragrans (Linn.) Ker-Gawl.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Dracaena fragrans Gawl.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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