Plant Details

Accepted name:: Araujia sericifera Brot. [Apocynaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
bladder-flower	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cape-dandelion	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cipó-de-sapo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cruelplant	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
fjärilsgömma	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
moth-catcher	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mothplant	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
mothvine	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
motvanger	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
peruvian-creeper	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
tasi	Other	Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)
white mothplant	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
white mothvine	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Fruits		Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 9 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Apocynum volubine Vell. Fl. Flumin. 3: 123 (1829).
Araujia albens (Mart.) G.Don Gen. Hist. 4: 149 (1837).
Araujia calycina Decne. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 534 (1844).
Araujia hortorum E.Fourn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 6(4): 293 (1885).
Araujia sericifera f. calycina (Decne.) Malme Ark. Bot. 8(1): 17 (1909).
Araujia sericifera f. hortorum (E.Fourn.) Augusto & Edesio Fl. Rio Grande do Sul, Asclep.: 21, 25 (1945).
Araujia sericifera var. hortorum (E.Fourn.) Malme Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl., n.f., 34(7): 74 (1900).
Araujia undulata Vis. Hort. Patav.: 134 (1832).
Physianthus albens Mart. Nov. Gen. Sp. Pl. Bras. 1: 53 (1824).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Araujia sericifera Brot.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. Argentine Flora (Barboza et al., 2009) Med. Pl. of Brazil (Mors et al., 2000) Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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