Plant Details

Accepted name:: Heliotropium europaeum L. [Boraginaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
barooga-weed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
caterpillar-weed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
common heliotrope	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
european heliotrope	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
european turnsole	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
europäische sonnenwende	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
gorakh plant	Other	Pl. for Snake and Scorpion Bite in N Pakistan (Butt et al., 2015)
hasheshat alakrab	Other	Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000)
heliotrope	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
heliotrópio-europeu	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
hemp-agrimony	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
héliotrope d'europe	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
karee	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
ogräsheliotrop	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
ramram	Other	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994) Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
sonnenwende	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
sāmaryoumā	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
turnsole	Other	Wild Med. Pl. Jordan (Al-Qura'n, 2009)
verrucaria	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
wandarrie-curse	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
wild heliotr	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
zurraij	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
رمرام	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
زريج	Other	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
صامريوما	Other	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Aerial parts		Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Whole Plant		Pl. for Snake and Scorpion Bite in N Pakistan (Butt et al., 2015)
Aerial part		Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000)
leaves		Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
aerial parts		Wild Med. Pl. Jordan (Al-Qura'n, 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 20 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Heliotropium album St.-Lag. in A.Cariot, Étude Fl., éd. 8, 2: 614 (1889).
Heliotropium canescens Moench Methodus: 415 (1794).
Heliotropium carduchorum K.Koch Linnaea 22: 627 (1849).
Heliotropium commutatum Schult. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 4: 29 (1819).
Heliotropium dioscoridis Bubani Fl. Pyren. 1: 508 (1897).
Heliotropium erectum Lam. Fl. Franç. 2: 281 (1779).
Heliotropium europaeum var. gymnocarpum Borbás in unknown publication.
Heliotropium europaeum var. hebecarpum H.Lindb. Acta Soc. Sci. Fenn., Ser. B, Opera Biol. 1(2): 125 (1932).
Heliotropium europaeum var. hispidula P.Monts. Collect. Bot. (Barcelona) 5: 335 (1957).
Heliotropium europaeum subsp. tenuiflorum (Guss.) Nyman Consp. Fl. Eur.: 508 (1881).
Heliotropium europaeum var. tenuiflorum Guss. Fl. Sicul. Prodr. 1: 205 (1827).
Heliotropium glandulosum R.Br. Prodr. Fl. Nov. Holland.: 493 (1810).
Heliotropium gymnocarpum Borbás Kozlem. Magyar Tudom. Akad. 14: 405 (1876).
Heliotropium humile Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 118 (1796).
Heliotropium lacunarium F.Muell. Trans. Philos. Soc. Victoria 1: 20 (1855).
Heliotropium majus Garsault Fig. Pl. Méd.: t. 299 (1764), opus utique rej.
Heliotropium oblongifolium Hornem. Hort. Bot. Hafn., Suppl.: 19 (1819).
Heliotropium subcanescens Steven Bull. Soc. Imp. Naturalistes Moscou 24(I): 564 (1851).
Heliotropium tenuiflorum Guss. Fl. Sicul. Syn. 1: 216 (1843).
Heliotropium vulgare Gaterau Desc. Pl. Montauban: 47 (1789).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Heliothropium europaeum L.	Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000)
Heliotropium europaeum	Tradit. Persian Med. Pl. Database (Rahimi et al., 2018)
Heliotropium europaeum Aitch.	Pl. for Snake and Scorpion Bite in N Pakistan (Butt et al., 2015)
Heliotropium europaeum L	Handbook of Arabian Med. Pl. (Ghazanfar, 1994)
Heliotropium europaeum L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998) Med. Pl. in the Med.: Project Rubia (Gonzalez-Tejero et al., 2008) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019) Wild Med. Pl. Jordan (Al-Qura'n, 2009) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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