Plant Details

Accepted name:: Sonchus asper (L.) Hill [Asteraceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( Medium Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 2

Sonchus asper subsp. asper

Sonchus asper subsp. glaucescens (Jord.) Ball

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
asgandh	Other	Med. Pl. for Respiratory Disorders in Abbottabad (Kayani et al., 2014)
cashacerraja	Other	Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
choplya	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
didhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
dodak	Other	Med. Floral Knwlg. of Sarban Hills, Pakistan (Ijaz et al., 2016)
dodal	Other	Med. Pl. in Arid Regions of N. Punjab, Pakistan (Ashfaq et al., 2019)
dodalak	Other	Med. Pl. in Balochistan, Pakistan (Bibi et al., 2014)
dotak	Other	Med. Pl. in Talagang, Punjab Province (Nazish Rehman et al., 2017)
gnedhap	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
kali jibi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kalijibi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mhaataaraa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
mhatara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
mhatari	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pili dudhi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
prickly sow thistle	Other	Food Pl. in Seven Circum-Medit. Areas (Hadjichambis et al., 2009)
sahadevi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
shodapay	Other	Med. Pl. of Tehsil Kabal, Pakistan (Khan et al., 2015)
spiny sowthistle	Other	Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
spinyleaved sow thistle	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
γαλατόχορτο	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
σόγχος	Other	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016)
大叶苣荬菜	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Shoot		Med. Floral Knwlg. of Sarban Hills, Pakistan (Ijaz et al., 2016)
Whole plant, Roots, Leaves		Med. Pl. for Respiratory Disorders in Abbottabad (Kayani et al., 2014)
Whole plant		Med. Pl. in Arid Regions of N. Punjab, Pakistan (Ashfaq et al., 2019)
Whole plant		Med. Pl. in Talagang, Punjab Province (Nazish Rehman et al., 2017)
Leaves		Med. Pl. in Balochistan, Pakistan (Bibi et al., 2014)
leaves		Food Pl. in Seven Circum-Medit. Areas (Hadjichambis et al., 2009)
Stem		Med. Pl. of Tehsil Kabal, Pakistan (Khan et al., 2015)
root, aerial part, látex		Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
latex		Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 2 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Sonchus oleraceus var. asper L. Sp. Pl.: 794 (1753).
Sonchus oleraceus subsp. asper (L.) Ehrh. Hannover. Mag. 14: 230 (1780).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Sonchus asdper (L.) Hill.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Sonchus asper	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Sonchus asper (L.) Hill	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Food Pl. in Seven Circum-Medit. Areas (Hadjichambis et al., 2009) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Floral Knwlg. of Sarban Hills, Pakistan (Ijaz et al., 2016) Med. Pl. in Arid Regions of N. Punjab, Pakistan (Ashfaq et al., 2019) Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019) Med. Pl. in Talagang, Punjab Province (Nazish Rehman et al., 2017) Med. Pl. of Tehsil Kabal, Pakistan (Khan et al., 2015) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Sonchus asper (L.) Hill.	Modern Pl. Use in Monasteries on Cyprus, 2006-2012 (Lardos, 2016) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Sonchus asper (Linn) Hill	Med. Pl. for Respiratory Disorders in Abbottabad (Kayani et al., 2014)
Sonchus asper (Linnaeus) Hill	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Sonchus asper Hill	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
Sonchus oleraceus L. var. asper L.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Soncus asper (L.) Hill.	Med. Pl. in Balochistan, Pakistan (Bibi et al., 2014)

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