Non scientific name details for tar vine - Medicinal Plant Names Services

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Non-scientific name:

tar vine

2 Accepted name(s) for "tar vine":

Accepted name
Boerhavia diffusa L.
Boerhavia erecta L.

2 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)	Boerhavia diffusa L.	Boerhavia diffusa L.	Boerhavia diffusa L.
PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)	Boerhavia diffusa L.	Boerhavia diffusa L.	Boerhavia diffusa L.
PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)	Boerhavia erecta L.	Boerhavia erecta L.	Boerhavia erecta L.

13 Non-scientific name(s) associated with "tar vine":

Non-scientific names:	Class of name:	Medicinal sources:
agarra pinto	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
bredo de porco	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
erect spiderling	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
erva tostão	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
huang xi xin	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
mkwakwara	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
mkwayakwaya	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
red hogweed	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
red spiderhng	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
red spiderling	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
spreading hogweed	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
tangara	Other	PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 1 (Schmelzer et al., 2008)
tarvine	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)