Plant Details

Accepted name:: Asclepias curassavica L. [Apocynaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
algodoncillo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
algodãozinho-do-campo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
anal k´aax	Other	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
anal xiiw	Other	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
ariyaman	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
asclepias curassavica	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
asclepias de curaçao	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bastard ipecac	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
bastard ipecacuana	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bastard ipecacuanha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
bastard-ipecac	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
biborella	Other	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
blood flower	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
blood-flower	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
bloodflower	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
bloodflower milkweed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bloodweed	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
bunga mas	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bunga melukut paya	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bunga sebusok	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bunga sebusuk	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
bunga tunjong	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
butterfly weed	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
camará-bravo	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cancerina	Other	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
capitão-de-sala	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cega-olho	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
chakanal	Other	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
chikka kaage thonde	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
corcalito	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cottonbush	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cuajatinta	Other	Guatemalan Med. Pl. Against Cancer (Cates et al., 2014)
curassavian swallow wort	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
curassavian swallowed wort	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
curassavian swallowwort	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
dori phul	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
erva-de-paina	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
false ipecac	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
flor de sangre	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
flor de tigre	Other	Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001)
fāng cǎo huā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
herbe à sang	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
hiralal	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
hole chadaranga	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
hulugilu gida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
i	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
jilledu mandaara	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaakanaasikaa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kaakathundi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaakatundi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
kakanasika	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kakatundi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaknasa	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kankumbala	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
karki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kaura-dodi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kauradoodi	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kiria kaage thonde	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kolitalehoo	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
kurki	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lalma	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lamla	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
lamúruhéwe	Other	Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
leiteira	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
lián shēng guì zǐ cǎo	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
lián shēng guì zǐ huā	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
lood flower	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
machha phul	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
madane	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
matac	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
milkweed	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
mǎ lì jīn	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
nyacha swan	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
oficial-de-sala	Other	Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
oiicial-de-sala	Other	Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)
pool kuuts	Other	Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
quita wayta	Other	Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009)
red milkweed	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
redhead	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
shanikhar	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
shwedagon	Other	Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
silk weed	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
sima	Other	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
swallow wort	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
vahloogida	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
venenillo	Other	Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
wahbara	Other	Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016)
west indian ipecacuanha	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
wild ipecacuanha	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
yáng jiǎo lì	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
zahrat aldam	Other	Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000)
zhuàng yuán hóng	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
කන්කුඹල	Other	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
状元红	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
羊角丽	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
芳草花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
莲生桂子花	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
莲生桂子草	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
马利筋	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Latex, Whole plant		Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020)
whole shoot system		Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
leaves, fruits, resin		Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016)
leaf, flower, seed		Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000)
Leaf, flower, root		Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018)
Leaves		Guatemalan Med. Pl. Against Cancer (Cates et al., 2014)
leaf, látex		Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019)
root, leaves, flower, latex, resins	alcoholic extract of the plant, juice	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007)
latex		Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009)
bark, fruit, whole plant, sap		Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)
entire plant		Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008)
entire plant		Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007)
leaf		Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)

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

Asclepias aurantiaca Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 150 (1796), nom. superfl.
Asclepias bicolor Moench Methodus: 717 (1794), nom. superfl.
Asclepias cubensis Wender. Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 1: 830 (1843).
Asclepias curassavica var. concolor Krug & Urb. in I.Urban, Symb. Antill. 1: 389 (1899).
Asclepias curassavica f. flaviflora Tawada J. Jap. Bot. 47: 203 (1972).
Asclepias curassavica f. kentingensis F.C.Ho Trop. Pl. Taiwan Colour 3: 355 (1982), no type indicated.
Asclepias curassavica f. pallidiflora Griseb. Abh. Königl. Ges. Wiss. Göttingen 24: 229 (1879).
Asclepias margaritacea Hoffmanns. ex Schult. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 6: 86 (1820).
Asclepias nivea var. curassavica (L.) Kuntze Revis. Gen. Pl. 2: 418 (1891), nom. superfl.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Asclepias curasavica L.	Med. Pl. Nicarag. Atlantic Coast (Barrett, 1994)
Asclepias curassavica	Ayurvedic Med. Pl. of Sri Lanka (Samarasuriya et al., 2020) Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Asclepias curassavica L	Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001)
Asclepias curassavica L.	Demand & Supply of Med. Pl. in India (Ved et al., 2017) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Guatemalan Med. Pl. Against Cancer (Cates et al., 2014) Guía de la Col. de Pl. Med. de PCTY (Méndez González et al., 2016) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med Pl. of Myanmar (DeFilipps & Krupnick, 2018) Med. & Pois. Pl. 2 (Valkenburg et al., 1999) Med. & Pois. Pl. NE Brazil (Agra et al., 2007) Med. Pl. Traded in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil (Leitãoa et al., 2014) Med. Pl. for Diabetes in C America (Giovannini et al., 2016) Med. Pl. in Iraq (Al-Douri, 2000) Med. Pl. in N Peruvian Andes (Corroto et al., 2019) Med. Pl. of Chazuta Valley (Sanz-Biset et al., 2009) Med. Pl. of NE Brazil (Fátima Agra et al., 2008) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2021) Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) SOTWP 2016: PROTA (2015) SOTWP 2016: Pl. for Malaria, Pl. for Fever (Milliken, 2015) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Asclepias curassavica Linn.	Indian Med. Pl. Dictionary (Khare, 2007) Polyglot Asian Med.: Malay Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. of W Tropical Africa (2015)
Asclepias curassavica Linnaeus	Pl. & People of Nepal (Manandhar, 2002)
Asclepias curassavical L.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Asclepias curossavica L.	Med. Pl. E Nicaragua (Coe et al., 1996)

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