Plant Details

Accepted name:: Asclepias linaria Cav. [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	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
atu’sh-jiuátsi	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
chiche de burra	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
chichivillacimarrona	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
chucuipe	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
cinco negritos	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
cola de gato	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
guajito	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
hierbadel cuervo	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
iumu turhipiti xukurhi	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
oreja de liebre	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
patito	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
pine-needle milkweed	Other	Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
pineneedle milkweed	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
pinill	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
plumilla	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
romerillo	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
solimán	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
talayote de coyote	Other	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)
yerba de cuervo	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
roots, leaves, branches, fruit	ground fruit	Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020)

Kew's taxonomic resources include 1 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Asclepias pinifolia Greene Bull. Torrey Bot. Club 8: 5 (1881).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Asclepias linaria Cav.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Guía de Pl. Med. en Valle de México (Fonseca Chávez et al., 2020) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Pl. Res. of the Tehuacán-Cuicatlán Valley, Mexico (Casas et al., 2001) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Asclepias linaria Cavara	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)

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