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SILYBUM Adans. Thistle with broad white-mottled
leaves not decurrent on the stem. Head large. Pappus of simple hairs.
Source: STUDENTS’ FLORA OF
EGYPT second edition, by VIVI TÄCKHOLM, D. Sc. (Stockholm) Professor of
Systematic Botany, Faculty of Science, Cairo University. Published by Cairo
University. Printed by COOPERATIVE PRINTING COMPANY Beirut, 1974.
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Silybum
marianum (L.) Gaertn. = Silymarin marianum = Carduus marianus L.
v. albiflora Eig
Syn. Cnicus marianus.
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Common name: Milk thistle, St. Mary’s
thistle, Lady’s thistle, Holy thistle, Blessed thistle, Mary thistle,
vehedistel, Venus thistle, Chardon argente, Chardon marie, Artichaut
sauvage, Echte Mariendistel, Mariendistel Früchte, Shoak sinnaari, Shoak
nassaara, Shoak el-gamal, Shoak el-ghazaal, Likhlaakh, Lekhlaakh.
Economic
plant.
Plants
(herbs and flowering tops) and seeds are feeding animals and beards.
Herbal
(traditional) medicine.
Pharmacopoeias
wild medicinal plants.
Plants
used in folk medicine.
Plants
of potential medicinal value.
Wild
plant (wild craft).
The
amount needed for industry could be obtained by cultivation.
Part
Used: The whole plant, herb, leaf, seed, flowering top, root.
Green
herb or seed, boiled, cold pressed, dry, grind, fluidextract, tincture
extract.
Seeds
contain either fixed or essential oil.
Forms
and extraction:
1.
Milk
thistle herb powder.
2.
Milk
thistle seed ground.
3.
Milk
thistle seed whole.
4.
Milk
thistle (Silybum marianum) herb fluidextract. Fluid (liquid) extraction.
5.
Milk
thistle seed fluidextract.
More Silybum marianum…
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Silybum marianum (L.)
Gaertn. Fruct. Sem.
Carduus marianus L. Sp.
Morphological
Description:
Biennial
or annual thistle, stout herb, up to 2m high, almost glabrous. Stem,
striate, branched. Leaves with spiny margins and characteristic white veins
and spots. Basal leaves, very large, petiolate, forming rosettes,
pinnatifid. Upper leaves, sessile, clasping, auriculate. Heads, large with
spiny involucral bracts. Flowers, purple or white. Achenes have yellowish
pappus. The fruit is about 6.7 mm long, ca 3 mm wide, and ca 1.5 mm thick.
Source:
Wild Medical Plant in Egypt. An Inventory to support Conservation and
Sustainable Use. BATANOUNY K. H.
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Last Update
September 25th, 2002.
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Species List
Genus.
Product Photo.
Botanical Family.
Chenopodiaceae.
Compositae.
Cruciferae.
Cyperaceae.
Euphorbiaceae.
Gramineae.
Labiatae.
Plantaginaceae.
Sterculiaceae.
Umbelliferae.
Zygophyllaceae.
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