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Non-scientific name:

sow thistle

2 Accepted name(s) for "sow thistle":

Accepted name
Sonchus oleraceus L.
Sonchus arvensis L.

6 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) Sonchus oleraceus (L.) L. Sonchus oleraceus L. Sonchus oleraceus L.
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Sonchus oleraceus L. Sonchus oleraceus L. Sonchus oleraceus L. whole plant, whole plant
Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Sonchus oleraceus Sonchus oleraceus L. Sonchus oleraceus L.
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Sonchus oleraceus L. Sonchus oleraceus L. Sonchus oleraceus L.
GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Sonchus oleraceus L. Sonchus oleraceus L. Sonchus oleraceus L.
SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) Sonchus arvensis L. Sonchus arvensis L. Sonchus arvensis L.

37 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "sow thistle":

Non-scientific names: Class of name: Medicinal sources:
aakadiyo Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
akadiyo Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
annual sow thistle Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
annual sowthistle Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
cerraja Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
chicória-brava Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
chopalu Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
common milk thistle Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
common sow thistle Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
common sow-thistle Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
common sowthistle Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
corn sow thistle Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
dian ku cai Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
dodak Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dudhi Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dudhkani Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dudila Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
dudiya Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
false brassica Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hare's-lettuce Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
kohl-gänsedistel Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ku cai Other Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
ku ju cai Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
kålmolke Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
laiteron Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mhatara Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
milk thistle Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
milkweed Other Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
naayi hakkarike Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
paku hadu hammang Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pathari Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
rathrinta Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
ratrinta Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
serralha-lisa Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
smooth sow thistle Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sow-thistle Other Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
ucittakarai Other Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)