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Plant Details

Accepted name: 
Lactuca virosa L. [Asteraceae]
Source: 
World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant: 
Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies: 
2
Non-scientific name: Class of name: Medicinal source:
bitter lettuce Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
gift-lattich Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
giftsallat Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
great lettuce Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Pl. Used by Inhabitants of Ajloun, Jordan (Al-Quran, 2015)
Wild Med. Pl. Jordan (Al-Qura'n, 2009)
kaahuu barri Other Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kaahuu sahrai Other Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
lactuca virosa Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
laitue vireuse Other Pl. Méd. de la Pharmacopée: Liste A (2000)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
lettuce opium Other Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
opium lettuce Other Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
poisonous lettuce Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
prickly lettuce Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
rakutu-karyumu-so Other U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
wild lettuce Other GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)