Plant Details

Accepted name:: Asclepias tuberosa L. [Apocynaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants
Infraspecies:: 3

Asclepias tuberosa subsp. interior Woodson

Asclepias tuberosa subsp. rolfsii (Britton ex Vail) Woodson

Asclepias tuberosa subsp. tuberosa

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
asclepiade tubereux	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
asclepias	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
asclepias tuberosa	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
asclépiade tubéreuse	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
butter weed	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
butterfly milkweed	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
butterfly weed	Other	Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
butterfly-weed	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
canada root	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
chieger-flower	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
esculapia	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
knollige schwalbenwurz	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
knollige seidenpflanze	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
knollseidenwurzel	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
knolzijdewortel	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
orange sidenört	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
pleurisy	Other	Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
pleurisy root	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
pleurisy-root	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
pleurisyroot	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
silkweed	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
swallow-wort	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
swallowwort	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
tuber root	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
tuberous swallowwort	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
wind root	Other	Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
yanagi-towata	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Root		Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
root		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Asclepias tuberosa	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020) Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)
Asclepias tuberosa L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019) WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

Asclepias tuberosa

Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
Ethnomedica (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Substances in Meds., Australia (TGA, 2007)

Asclepias tuberosa L.

GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998)
Herbal Meds., 3rd edn. (Barnes et al., 2007)
Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000)
Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020)
Kew's Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998)
Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacop. (HPUS, 2009)
WHODrug Herbal Substances 2019 (WHO-UMC, 2019)
WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024)
World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

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