Albuca fastigiata is a plant species in the genus Albuca native to the Cape Provinces of South Africa,[1] where it is used in ethnomedicine.[2]

Albuca fastigiata
Illustration by Sydenham Edwards
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Scilloideae
Genus: Albuca
Species:
A. fastigiata
Binomial name
Albuca fastigiata
Dryand.

A homoisoflavanone can be found in A. fastigiata.[2]

References edit

  1. ^ "Albuca fastigiata". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2015-08-09.
  2. ^ a b A novel 3-hydroxy-3-benzyl-4-chromanone-type homoisoflavonoid from Albuca fastigiata (Ornithogaloideae: Hyacinthaceae). Koorbanally, Mulholland and Crouch, Biochemical Systematics and Ecology, May 2005, volume 33, issue 5, pages 545–549, doi:10.1016/j.bse.2004.08.009