Plant Details

Accepted name:: Gomphocarpus physocarpus E.Mey. [Apocynaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
balloon cottonbush	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
bladderbush	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
cottonbush	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
monarkballongbuske	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
narrow-leaf cottonbush	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
paina-de-seda	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
schwanen-seidenpflanze	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
swanplant	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
wild cotton	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 4 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Asclepias brasiliensis (E.Fourn.) Schltr. Meded. Rijks-Herb. 29: 12 (1916).
Asclepias physocarpa (E.Mey.) Schltr. Beibl. Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 54: 8 (1896).
Gomphocarpus brasiliensis E.Fourn. in C.F.P.von Martius & auct. suc. (eds.), Fl. Bras. 6(4): 203 (1885).
Gomphocarpus fruticosus f. brasiliensis (E.Fourn.) Briq. Kongl. Svenska Vetensk. Acad. Handl., n.f., 34(7): 21 (1900).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Gomphocarpus physocarpus E. Mey.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Gomphocarpus physocarpus E.Mey.	Med. and Magical Pl. of S Africa (Arnold et al., 2002) SOTWP 2016: Useful Pl. & Fungi Project (2015) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020)

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