Table 1.

Ethnomedicinal uses of the Asphodelus species.

Species	Part Used	Country	Traditional Uses/Application	References
A. aestivus	L, R	Turkey	Peptic ulcers	[32]
	R	Turkey	Haemorrhoids, burns, wounds and nephritis	[33]
	NI	Cyprus, Spain	Skin diseases	[16]
A. fistulosus	NI	Egypt, Libya	Fungal infections	[17]
A. luteus *	WP	Palestine	Dermatomucosal infections	[18]
A. microcarpus	FR, L, R	Egypt	Ear-ache, withering and paralysis	[13,14]
	R	Palestine	Dermatomucosal infections	[18]
	R	Egypt	Ectodermal parasites, jaundice, microbial infections and psoriasis	[19,20,21]
	NI	Algeria	Ear-ache, eczema, colds and rheumatism	[22]
A. ramosus	R	North-Africa	Inflammatory disorders	[23]
	NI	Turkey	Anti-tumoral, diuretic and emmenagogue	[29]
A. tenuifolius	L	India	Diuretic, inflammatory disorders and ulcers	[24]
	L, SE	Egypt	Diuretic	[30]
	R, SE	India	Antipyretic, diuretic, colds and hemorrhoids, inflammatory disorders, rheumatic pain, ulcers and wounds	[25,27]
	SE	Pakistan	ulcers and inflammatory disorders	[26]
	WP	India	Diuretic, inflammatory disorders, bite of bees and wasps, ulcers	[28,34]
	NI	Pakistan	Diuretic	[31]

SE: Seed; L: Leaf; WP: Whole plant; FR: Fruit; R: Root; NI: Not indicated, * Asphodelus luteus L.—synonym of Asphodeline lutea was formerly included in the family Asphodelaceae.