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Non-scientific name:

milkweed

8 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:
Med. Plants of Yaegl Community, Australia. (Packer, 2012) Sonchus oleraceus L. Sonchus oleraceus L. Sonchus oleraceus L. sap:resin latex
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Asclepias syriaca L. Asclepias syriaca L. Asclepias syriaca L.
U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) Asclepias syriaca L. Asclepias syriaca L. Asclepias syriaca L.
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) Asclepias syriaca L. Asclepias syriaca L. Asclepias syriaca L.
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Asclepias fruticosa Asclepias fruticosa L. Gomphocarpus fruticosus (L.) W.T.Aiton
SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999) Gomphocarpus fruticosus (L.)Aiton f. Gomphocarpus fruticosus (L.) W.T.Aiton Gomphocarpus fruticosus (L.) W.T.Aiton
SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999) Gomphocarpus tomentosus subsp. tomentosus Gomphocarpus tomentosus subsp. tomentosus Gomphocarpus tomentosus subsp. tomentosus
Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007) Euphorbia hirta Linn. Euphorbia hirta L. Euphorbia hirta L. fresh or dried leaves or tops leaf
PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008) Euphorbia peplus L. Euphorbia peplus L. Euphorbia peplus L.
SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999) Euphorbia striata Thunb. Euphorbia striata Thunb. Euphorbia striata Thunb.

70 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "milkweed":

Non-scientific names: Class of name: Medicinal sources:
aakuba Other Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
ahenkodze Other Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
animakoa Other Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
asclepias syriaca Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
australian asthma herb Other Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
bergkapok Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
blaasoppies Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
broadleaf milkweed Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cancer weed Other PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
cat's hair Other Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
common milkweed Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cotine Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
esule ronde Other PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
etampia Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
etamupya Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
euphorbe des jardins Other PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
euphorbe des vignes Other PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
euphorbe omblette Other PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
firesticks Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
gansies Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
herbe de lait Other PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
kapokbos Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
kapokbossie Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
khakhayi Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
kotoni Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
lebeyana Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
matswana Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
melkbos Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
melkgras Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
milkthistle Other Med. Plants of Yaegl Community, Australia. (Packer, 2012)
modimolo Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
moethimolo Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mohlatsisa Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
mositanokana Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
motswamaswi Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
musasasa Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
narrow-leaved cotton bush Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
nonan kurchiya Other Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
notsigbe Other Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
omatamupya Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
omupia Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
omupya Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
oruseppa Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
petty spurge Other PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
pillsbearing spurge Other Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
queensland asthma weed Other Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
radium plant Other PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
radium weed Other PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
réveille-matin des vignes Other PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
shrubby milkweed Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
silkweed Other U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
siriri Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
spurge Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
suduluguru Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
tetshumi Other Ghana Herbal Pharmacopoeia (Busia, 2007)
tondel Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
tontel Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
tontelbos Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
tonteldoosbos Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
usinga-lwesalukazi Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
vegetable down Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
virginian swallow-wort Other U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
wartweed Other PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
wild cotton Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
wilde baumwolle Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
wilde kapok Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
wildekapok Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
wildgaring Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
|giitama||oob Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)
||horapob Other SEPASAL database (Kew, 1999)