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Non-scientific name:

silkweed

2 Accepted name(s) for "silkweed":

3 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:
GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Asclepias syriaca L. Asclepias syriaca L. Asclepias syriaca L.
U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) Asclepias syriaca L. Asclepias syriaca L. Asclepias syriaca L.
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Asclepias tuberosa L. Asclepias tuberosa L. Asclepias tuberosa L.

23 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "silkweed":

Non-scientific names: Class of name: Medicinal sources:
algodoncillo Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
asclepias Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
asclepias syriaca Other U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
butter weed Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
butterfly weed Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
canada root Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
common milkweed Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
gewöhnliche seidenpflanze Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
herbe à coton Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
herbe à la ouate Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
milkweed Other U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
petits cochons Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
pleurisy root Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pleurisy-root Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
seidenpflanze Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sidenört Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
silky swallowwort Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
swallowwort Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tuber root Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
virginia-silk Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
virginian swallow-wort Other U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
wild cotton Other U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
wind root Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)