author(s) : Abdel-Fattah M. Rizk, Nahla S. Abdel-Azim, Husseiny A. H. Elgendy, and Ibrahim A. El-Garf
Synonym
Caralluma sinaica (Decne.) Benth. & Hook. f., Gen. Pl. 2: 782 (1876); Boulos, Fl. Egypt 2: 227 (2000).var. sinaica
Syn. Boucerosia sinaica Decne. in DC., Prodr. 8: 649 (1844).
Caralluma maris-mortui Zohary, Pal. J. Bot., Jerusalem ser. 2: 175 (1941).
family name
ASCLEPIADACEA
genus name
Caralluma
thirteen pregnane glycosides (Fig. 4) were obtained and characterized from Caralluma sinaica sold on local markets of Saudi Arabia ..
People of Asir region of Saudi Arabia chew Caralluma sinaica to lower glucose level
Al-Musayeib et al., (2012) studied the in vitro antiplasmodial, antileishmanial and antitrypanosomal activities of medicinal plants from Saudi Arabia including Caralluma sinaica (Al-Massarani et al., 2012)…
location
egypt