Plant Details

Accepted name:: Argemone platyceras Link & Otto [Papaveraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
amapola silvestre blanca	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
cardo	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
chicalota	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
chicalote	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
chicalote blanco	Other	Pl. Med. de S.Francisco Tlaltenco Tláhuac (Ortiz Palacios et al., 2017)
chicalote de montaña	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
santo	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
flowers, latex		Pl. Med. de S.Francisco Tlaltenco Tláhuac (Ortiz Palacios et al., 2017)
roots, flower bud, whole plant		Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)

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

Argemone mexicana var. aculeatissima Moric. ex Prain J. Bot. 33: 367 (1895).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Argemone platyceras	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
Argemone platyceras Link & Otto	SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Argemone platyceras Link & Otto.	Pl. Med. de S.Francisco Tlaltenco Tláhuac (Ortiz Palacios et al., 2017)

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