Plant Details

Accepted name:

Xanthium spinosum L. [Asteraceae]

Source of taxonomy and confidence:

World Checklist: unpublished records ( )

Information about this plant:

Plants of the World Online

Infraspecies:

See all 2

Xanthium spinosum subsp. catharticum (Kunth) D.Love

Xanthium spinosum subsp. spinosum

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
badhinjan-tariaki	Other	Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
bathurst burr	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
casha marucha	Other	Med. Plts. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene, 2007)
cepa caballo	Other	Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2019)
shubait	Other	Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
spiny cocklebur	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
spiny cockleburr	Other	Native American Ethnobotany (Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
باذنجان طرياقي	Other	Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
شبيط	Other	Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaf		Med. Plts. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene, 2007)
leaves, whole plant		Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 1 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

synonym
Xanthium spinosum f. typicum Widder

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Xanthium spinosum L.	Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009) Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998) Med. Plts. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene, 2007) Med. and Magical Pl. of S. Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Native American Ethnobotany (Moerman, 1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2019) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

Xanthium spinosum L.

Med. Pl. Latin America (Duke, 2009)
Med. Plants in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
Med. Plts. in Loja & Zamora-Chinchipe, Ecuador (Tene, 2007)
Med. and Magical Pl. of S. Africa (Arnold et al., 2002)
Native American Ethnobotany (Moerman, 1998)
Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Plants for Malaria, Plants for Fever (Milliken, 2019)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019)
World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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