Plant Details

Accepted name:: Cynomorium coccineum L. [Cynomoriaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 2

Cynomorium coccineum subsp. coccineum

Cynomorium coccineum subsp. songaricum (Rupr.) J.Léonard

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
halook malta	Other	Encyclopedia of Med. Pl. of UAE (2005)
maltese mushroom	Other	Encyclopedia of Med. Pl. of UAE (2005) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
marswsus	Other	Encyclopedia of Med. Pl. of UAE (2005)
red thumb	Other	Encyclopedia of Med. Pl. of UAE (2005)
scarlet cynomorium	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
tarfooth	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
tarthoorth	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
tarthooth	Other	Encyclopedia of Med. Pl. of UAE (2005) Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
tarthuth	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
tartooth	Other	Encyclopedia of Med. Pl. of UAE (2005) Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
zob alard	Other	Encyclopedia of Med. Pl. of UAE (2005)
طرثوث	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
طرفوت	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Aerial parts		Encyclopedia of Med. Pl. of UAE (2005)
Whole plant		Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
whole plant		Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Cynomorium coccineum	SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Cynomorium coccineum L.	Encyclopedia of Med. Pl. of UAE (2005) Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994) Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

Cynomorium coccineum

SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)

Cynomorium coccineum L.

Encyclopedia of Med. Pl. of UAE (2005)
Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

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