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Taxon:
Plantago ovata
Forssk.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Plantago
Subgenus:
Psyllium
Section:
Albicans
Family:
Plantaginaceae
Tribe:
Plantagineae
Nomen number:
28790
Place of publication:
Fl. aegypt.-arab. 31. 1775
Verified:
01/07/2003
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Plantago fastigiata
E. Morris
Plantago insularis
Eastw.
Plantago ispaghul
Roxb.
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Reference(s)
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
www.skud.info
Botanical Society of the British Isles.
BSBI taxon database (on-line resource).
URL:
http://rbg-web2.rbge.org.uk/BSBI/taxonsearch.php
Boulos, L.
1999-. Flora of Egypt
Council of Scientific and Industrial Research, India.
1969. The wealth of India: a dictionary of Indian raw materials and industrial products. Raw materials. 7:148-153.
Cronquist, A. et al.
1972-. Intermountain flora.
Note:
mentions
Duke, J. A. et al.
2002. CRC Handbook of medicinal herbs
Erhardt, W. et al.
2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
URL:
http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Plantago+ovata&quantity=1
Ghazanfar, S. A.
1992. An annotated catalogue of the vascular plants of Oman. Scripta Botanica Belgica 2
Greuter, W. et al., eds.
1984-. Med-Checklist.
Groth, D.
2005. pers. comm.
Note:
re. Brazilian common names
Hansen, A. & P. Sunding.
1993. Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 4. Sommerfeltia vol. 17.
Hickman, J. C., ed.
1993. The Jepson manual: higher plants of California
Izquierdo Z., I. et al., eds.
2004. Lista de especies silvestres de Canarias: hongos, plantas y animales terrestres
URL:
http://www.gobcan.es/cmayot/interreg/atlantico/documentos/LESDCanarias.pdf
Kartesz, J. T.
1994. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the United States, Canada, and Greenland.
Komarov, V. L. et al., eds.
1934-1964. Flora SSSR.
L'Agence nationale de sécurité du médicament.
2012. Pharmacopée française – Liste A des plantes médicinales utilisees traditionnellement. 16.
URL:
http://ansm.sante.fr/var/ansm_site/storage/original/application/b2bf6a79e477c97ad5931c04aa62ba4d.pdf
Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster.
1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2
Markle, G. M. et al., eds.
1998. Food and feed crops of the United States, ed. 2
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Middleditch, B. S. & A. M. Amer.
1991. Kuwaiti plants: distribution, traditional medicine, phytochemistry,... economic value (Studies in Plant Science 2).
Migahid, A. M.
1988-1990. Flora of Saudi Arabia, ed. 3.
Mouterde, P.
1966-. Nouvelle flore du Liban et de la Syrie.
Padua, L. S. de et al., eds.
1999. Medicinal and poisonous plants 1. Plant Resources of South-East Asia (PROSEA) 12(1):402.
URL:
http://proseanet.org
Personal Care Products Council.
INCI
URL:
http://www.personalcarecouncil.org/public/what-inci
Rahn, K.
1979.
Plantago
ser.
Ovatae
: a taxonomic revision. Bot. Tidsskr. 74:13-20.
Rechinger, K. H., ed.
1963-. Flora iranica.
Wood, J. R. I.
1997. A handbook of the Yemen flora.
Zohary, M. & N. Feinbrun-Dothan.
1966-. Flora palaestina.
1961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
Common names
English
blond plantain –
Reference(s)
blond psyllium –
Reference(s)
blonde ispaghula –
Reference(s)
Indian plantago –
Reference(s)
Indian plantain –
Reference(s)
ispaghul –
Reference(s)
ispaghula –
Reference(s)
psyllium –
Reference(s)
spogel seeds –
Reference(s)
Arabic
loqmet el-na'aga –
Reference(s)
French
ispaghul –
Reference(s)
German
indischer Flohsame –
Reference(s)
Portuguese (Brazil)
tanchagem-ovada –
Reference(s)
transagem-ovada –
Reference(s)
Swedish
vitt loppfrö –
Reference(s)
Distribution
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Africa
Macaronesia
Portugal
Madeira Islands
1
Native
Africa
Macaronesia
Spain
Canary Islands
1
Native
Africa
Northern Africa
Algeria
1
Native
Africa
Northern Africa
Egypt
1
Native
Africa
Northern Africa
Libya
1
Native
Africa
Northern Africa
Morocco
1
Native
Africa
Northern Africa
Tunisia
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Arabian Peninsula
Kuwait
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Arabian Peninsula
Oman
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Arabian Peninsula
Saudi Arabia
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Arabian Peninsula
Yemen
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Caucasus
Azerbaijan
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Middle Asia
Turkmenistan
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia
Afghanistan
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia
Cyprus
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia
Egypt
Sinai
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia
Iran
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia
Iraq
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia
Israel
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia
Jordan
1
Native
Asia-Temperate
Western Asia
Syria
1
Native
Asia-Tropical
Indian Subcontinent
Pakistan
1
Native
Europe
Southwestern Europe
Spain
s.
2
Cultivated
also cult.
4
Naturalized
Northern America
North America
w.
Native
Africa
MACARONESIA:
Spain
[Canary Islands],
Portugal
[Madeira Islands]
NORTHERN AFRICA:
Algeria
,
Egypt
,
Libya
,
Morocco
,
Tunisia
Asia-Temperate
ARABIAN PENINSULA:
Kuwait
,
Oman
,
Saudi Arabia
,
Yemen
WESTERN ASIA:
Afghanistan
,
Cyprus
,
Egypt
[Sinai],
Iran
,
Iraq
,
Israel
,
Jordan
,
Syria
CAUCASUS:
Azerbaijan
MIDDLE ASIA:
Turkmenistan
Asia-Tropical
INDIAN SUBCONTINENT:
Pakistan
Europe
SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE:
Spain
(s.)
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Naturalized
Northern America
REGION:
North America
(w.)
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Food additives
stabilizer
Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster.
1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2
Food additives
thickening agent
Leung, A. Y. & S. Foster.
1996. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients used in food, drugs, and cosmetics, ed. 2
Medicines
folklore
fide Ency CNatIn; Pl Res SEAs 12(1):402. 1999; CRC MedHerbs ed2; Herbs Commerce ed2
McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker.
2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland.
Name
References