Plant Details

Accepted name:: Asclepias asperula (Decne.) Woodson [Apocynaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 2

Asclepias asperula subsp. asperula

Asclepias asperula subsp. capricornu (Woodson) Woodson

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
antelope horns	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
green-flowered milkweed	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
immortal	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
inmortal	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2020 (WHO-UMC, 2020)
spider antelope horns	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

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

Acerates asperula Decne. in A.P.de Candolle, Prodr. 8: 522 (1844).
Asclepiodora asperula (Decne.) E.Fourn. Ann. Sci. Nat., Bot., sér. 4, 14: 369 (1882).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Asclepias asperula (Decne.) Woodson	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2020 (WHO-UMC, 2020) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2021 (WHO-UMC, 2021) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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