Plant Details

Accepted name:: Mesembryanthemum crystallinum L. [Aizoaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
barrilha	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
barrilla de canarias	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
common iceplant	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
crystalline iceplant	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
eiskraut	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
escarchada	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
escarchosa	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ficoïde cristalline	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ficoïde glaciale	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ice plant	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
ice-plant	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
iceplant	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
isört	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
nabat al-thalg	Other	Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Whole plant		Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 5 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Cryophytum crystallinum (L.) N.E.Br. in E.P.Phillips, Gen. S. Afr. Fl. Pl.: 245 (1926).
Cryophytum parvum L.Bolus Notes Mesembryanthemum 2: 98 (1929).
Gasoul crystallinum (L.) Rothm. Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem 15: 413 (1941).
Mesembryanthemum breve L.Bolus Notes Mesembryanthemum 3: 167 (1939).
Mesembryanthemum glaciale Haw. Suppl. Pl. Succ.: 92 (1819).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Mesembryanthemum crystallinum	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
Mesembryanthemum crystallinum L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Mesembryanthemum crystallinum Linnaeus	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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