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Plant Details

Accepted name: 
Gomphocarpus fruticosus (L.) W.T.Aiton [Apocynaceae]
Source: 
World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant: 
Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies: 
5
Non-scientific name: Class of name: Medicinal source:
alqaraa kabeer Other Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
blaasoppies Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
bristle-fruited silkweed Other PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
cotine Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
cotton bush Other PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
fanor Other PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
faux cotonnier Other PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
firesticks Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
gansies Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
jûîâf Other Med. Pl. Yemen (Fleurentin & Pelt, 1982)
kapokbos Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
kapokbossie Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
khakhayi Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
la ouate Other PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
lebeyana Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
melkbos Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
milkweed Other Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mobydick Other PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
modimolo Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
moethimolo Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
mositanokana Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
motswamaswi Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
musasasa Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
narrow-leafed cotton plant Other PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
narrow-leaved cotton bush Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
oruseppa Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
ouatier marron Other PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
petite ouate Other PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
shrubby milkweed Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
siriri Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
suduluguru Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
suklab Other Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
swan plant Other PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013)
tondel Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tontel Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tontelbos Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
tonteldoosbos Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
usinga-lwesalukazi Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
vegetable down Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
wild cotton Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
wilde baumwolle Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
wilde kapok Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
|giitama||oob Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
||horapob Other SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999)
سقلاب Other Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
钉头果 Other Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)