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Non-scientific name:

butterfly-weed

2 Accepted name(s) for "butterfly-weed":

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

Medicinal sources: Scientific names as used in medicinal source: MPNS matched scientific names: Accepted name: Drug form: Plant parts:
GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Chromolaena odorata (L.) R. M. King & H. Rob. Chromolaena odorata (L.) R.M.King & H.Rob. Chromolaena odorata (L.) R.M.King & H.Rob.
GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Asclepias tuberosa L. Asclepias tuberosa L. Asclepias tuberosa L.
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Asclepias tuberosa L. Asclepias tuberosa L. Asclepias tuberosa L.
Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Asclepias tuberosa Asclepias tuberosa L. Asclepias tuberosa L.

20 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "butterfly-weed":

Non-scientific names: Class of name: Medicinal sources:
asclépiade tubéreuse Other Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
bitterbush Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
butterfly milkweed Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
chieger-flower Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
christmasbush Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
devilweed Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
esculapia Other Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
fei ji cao Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
hagonoy Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
jack-in-the-bush Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
knollige schwalbenwurz Other Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
knollige seidenpflanze Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
orange sidenört Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
paraffienbos Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
paraffin-weed Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
pleurisy Other Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
pleurisy root Other Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
pleurisy-root Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
siamweed Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
triffidweed Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)