Plantago afra

Plantago afra L. Engl.: African plantain, black psyllium, flea-seed plant, fleawort, psyllium. Deu.: Flohkraut, Flohsamen-Wegerich. Suom.: rohtoratamo. Sven.: loppfrö. Fran.: herbes aux puces, pilicaire, plantain africain. Ital.: psillio. Pharm.: mucilago psyllii, semina psyllii. Bot. syn.: Plantago cynops L. 1753, Plantago psyllium L. 1762. Pre-Linnaean: Plantago caule ramoso foliis dentatis spicis nudis, Psyllium dioscoridis vel indicum foliis crenatis.

Varieties.

Classic texts: Journals: AJP 1881. Tupelo Tents for Dilating the Uterus, Slippery Elm Root Dilators, An Exhilarating Mixture, Some Recently Discovered Medicinal Plants (Hieracium venosum, Euphorbia villosa, Convallaria majalis), Advance in Therapeutics in 1880, Psyllium Seed in Constipation, Juglans nigra in Diphtheria, Jamaica Dogwood.

Photo: Plantago afra 4.

Photo: Plantago afra 4. Flowering plants. Marburg bot.g., Germany. Planted. 2006-10-02.

Photo: Plantago afra 5.

Photo: Plantago afra 5. Flowering tops. Marburg bot.g., Germany. Planted. 2006-10-02.

Photo: Plantago afra 2.

Photo: Plantago afra 2. Flowering tops. Oulu bot.g., Finland. Planted. 2005-08-30.

Photo: Plantago afra 3.

Photo: Plantago afra 3. Flowering plants. Oulu bot.g., Finland. Planted. 2005-08-30.

Photo: Plantago afra.

Photo: Plantago afra. Flowering top. Turku bot.g., Ruissalo, Finland. Planted. 2004-08-26.

Photo: Plantago afra 1.

Photo: Plantago afra 1. Flowering branch. Turku bot.g., Ruissalo, Finland. Planted. 2004-08-26.