Plant Details

Accepted name:: Dracunculus vulgaris Schott [Araceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
lowf-e-kabir	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
yılanbıçağı	Other	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)
لوف کبیر	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Aerial parts		Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
tuber		Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997)

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

Aron dracunculum (L.) St.-Lag. Ann. Soc. Bot. Lyon 7: 119 (1880).
Arum dracunculus L. Sp. Pl.: 964 (1753).
Arum guttatum Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 260 (1796), nom. superfl.
Dracunculus creticus Schott Prodr. Syst. Aroid.: 120 (1860).
Dracunculus dracunculus (L.) Voss Vilm. Ill. Blumengärtn., ed. 3, 1: 1166 (1895), not validly publ.
Dracunculus major Garsault Fig. Pl. Méd.: t. 250 (1764), opus utique oppr.
Dracunculus polyphyllus Blume Rumphia 1: 124 (1836), nom. illeg.
Dracunculus spadiceus Raf. Fl. Tellur. 3: 65 (1837), nom. illeg.
Dracunculus vulgaris var. creticus (Schott) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 754 (1882).
Dracunculus vulgaris subsp. creticus (Schott) K.Richt. Pl. Eur. 1: 173 (1890).
Dracunculus vulgaris var. elongatus Engl. in A.L.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 2: 603 (1879).
Dracunculus vulgaris var. laevigatus Engl. in A.L.P.de Candolle & A.C.P.de Candolle, Monogr. Phan. 2: 603 (1879).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Dracunculus vulgaris	Med. Pl. Trade Turkey (Özhatay et al., 1997) Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Dracunculus vulgaris Schott	Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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