Plant Details

Accepted name:: Drimia altissima (L.f.) 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:
african squill	Other	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
bulb, leaf		Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 16 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Urginea altissima (L.f.) Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 13: 221 (1873).
Urginea epigea R.A.Dyer Fl. Pl. Africa 26: t. 1027 (1947).
Drimia barteri Baker J. Linn. Soc., Bot. 11: 423 (1870).
Drimia paolii Chiov. Res. Sci. Somalia Ital. 1: 175 (1916).
Drimia uitenhagensis Eckl. S. African Quart. J. 1: 364 (1830).
Idothea altissima (L.f.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 712 (1891).
Idothea barteri (Baker) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 712 (1891).
Ornithogalum altissimum L.f. Suppl. Pl.: 199 (1782).
Ornithogalum giganteum Jacq. Pl. Hort. Schoenbr. 1: 45 (1797).
Scilla micrantha A.Rich. Tent. Fl. Abyss. 2: 828 (1850).
Urginavia altissima (L.f.) Speta Phyton (Horn) 38: 87 (1998).
Urginavia epigea (R.A.Dyer) Speta Stapfia 75: 168 (2001).
Urginavia micrantha (A.Rich.) Speta Phyton (Horn) 38: 87 (1998).
Urginea brevipes Baker J. Bot. 12: 364 (1874).
Urginea gigantea (Jacq.) Oyewole Bol. Soc. Brot. 49: 167 (1975), no basionym date.
Urginea micrantha (A.Rich.) Solms in G.Schweinfurth, Beitr. Fl. Aethiop.: 294 (1867).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Drimia altissima (L.f.) Ker Gawl.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Drimia altissima L.	Handbook African Med. Pl. (Iwu, 1993)
Urginea altissima (L.) Bak.	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998)
Urginea altissima (L.f.) Baker	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002)
Urginea altissima (Linn.f.) Bak.	SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Urginea altissima Baker	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Urginea epigea R.A.Dyer	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002)

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