Plant Details

Accepted name:: Gomphocarpus fruticosus (L.) W.T.Aiton [Apocynaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants
Infraspecies:: 5

Gomphocarpus fruticosus subsp. decipiens (N.E.Br.) Goyder & Nicholas

Gomphocarpus fruticosus subsp. flavidus (N.E.Br.) Goyder

Gomphocarpus fruticosus subsp. rostratus (N.E.Br.) Goyder & Nicholas

Gomphocarpus fruticosus subsp. setosus (Forssk.) Goyder & Nicholas

Gomphocarpus fruticosus subsp. fruticosus

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)
sumauma bastarda	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
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)
uzama	Other	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
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)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
Leaves		Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)
leaves, seeds		Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
root		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
leaf		Med. Pl. Yemen (Fleurentin & Pelt, 1982)

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

Asclepias fruticosa L. Sp. Pl.: 216 (1753).
Asclepias salicifolia Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton: 150 (1796), nom. illeg.

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Asclepias fructicosa L.	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Asclepias fruticosa	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016) Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
Asclepias fruticosa L.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012) Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Asclepias salicifolia Salisb.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Gomphocarpus fructicosus R.Brown	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Gomphocarpus fruitcosus (L.) Aiton fil.	Med. Pl. in Jordan (Oran, 1998)
Gomphocarpus fruticosus	Duke's Ethnobot. DB: Ethnobot. (USDA, 1992-2016)
Gomphocarpus fruticosus (L) R. Brown	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Gomphocarpus fruticosus (L.)	Med. Pl. Yemen (Fleurentin & Pelt, 1982)
Gomphocarpus fruticosus (L.) R. Brown	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Gomphocarpus fruticosus (L.) R.Brown	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Gomphocarpus fruticosus (L.) W.T. Aiton	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Gomphocarpus fruticosus (L.) W.T.Aiton	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) PROTA: Med. Pl. Trop. Africa 2 (Schmelzer et al., 2013) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)
Gomphocarpus fruticosus (L.)Aiton f.	SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 1999) SEPASAL Database (RBG, Kew, 2020)
Gomphocarpus fruticosus L. Ait.f.	Trad. Use of Ethnomed. Pl. of Saudi Arabia (Aati et al., 2019)

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