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Non-scientific name:

bowstring hemp

4 Medicinal source(s) include this non-scientific name:

Medicinal sources: Scientific names as used in medicinal source: MPNS matched scientific names: Accepted name: Trade forms: Plant parts:
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Calotropis gigantea (L.) Dryand. Calotropis gigantea (L.) W.T.Aiton Calotropis gigantea (L.) W.T.Aiton
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Calotropis gigantea (L.) W.T.Aiton Calotropis gigantea (L.) W.T.Aiton Calotropis gigantea (L.) W.T.Aiton
Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Sansevieria zeylanica Sansevieria zeylanica (L.) Willd. Dracaena zeylanica (L.) Mabb.
SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) Sansevieria hyacinthoides (L.)Druce Sansevieria hyacinthoides (L.) Druce Dracaena hyacinthoides (L.) Mabb.
SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) Sansevieria aethiopica Thunb. Sansevieria aethiopica Thunb. Dracaena aethiopica (Thunb.) Byng & Christenh.

51 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "bowstring hemp":

Non-scientific names: Class of name: Medicinal sources:
!gwi Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
!hui Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
aambeiwortel Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
arka Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
ashitokotoko Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
calotropis gigantea Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
chanova Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
crown flower Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
crown plant Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
divughu Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
eyasigo Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ghaiwortel Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
giant milkweed Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
giant swallowwort Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
ipewula Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
isikholokatha Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
isikholokhotho Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
isikholokhoto Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
isikholokotho Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
isikhwendle Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
isitokotoko Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kafferwortel Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kai Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
khai Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
madar Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
mfunghu-fughu Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mogaga Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mokgotshe omonamagadi Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mosokela tsebeng Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mosokela-tsebeng Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mother-in-law's tongue Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mother-in-law's-tongue Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mudar Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
niu jiao gua Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
niyanda Other Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
omuse Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
onghushe Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ongohe Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ongwehe Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
pile root Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
piles root Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
rufugu Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
skoonma-se-tong Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
swallowwort Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
swartwortel Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
t'kay Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
wildewortel Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
xikuenga Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
xikwenga Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
|xa-ji Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
නියඳ Other Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)