author(s) : Abdel-Fattah M. Rizk, Nahla S. Abdel-Azim, Husseiny A. H. Elgendy, and Ibrahim A. El-Garf
Synonym
Caralluma acutangula (Decne.) N.E. Br., Gard. Chron. 12: 369 (1902); Boulos, Fl. Egypt, 2: 229 (2000).
Syn. Desmidorchis acutangula Decne., Ann. Sci. Nat. 9: 265 (1838).
Caralluma retrospiciens Ehrenb. Ex N.E. Br., Fl. Trop. Afr. 4(1): 48 (1904).
Täckh., Stud. Fl. Egypt, ed. 2, 418 (1974).
family name
ASCLEPIADACEA
genus name
Caralluma
pregnane esters and glycosides were identified from Caralluma retrospiciens, growing in Egypt.
No thing reported in Folk Medicine
location
egypt