Plant Details

Accepted name:: Apocynum androsaemifolium L. [Apocynaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies:: 7

Apocynum androsaemifolium subsp. androsaemifolium

Apocynum androsaemifolium var. griseum (Greene) Bég. & Belosersky

Apocynum androsaemifolium var. incanum A.DC.

Apocynum androsaemifolium var. intermedium Woodson

Apocynum androsaemifolium subsp. pumilum (A.Gray) B.Boivin

Apocynum androsaemifolium var. tomentellum (Greene) B.Boivin

Apocynum androsaemifolium var. woodsonii B.Boivin

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
apocynum androsaemifolium	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
bitter	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
bitter-root	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
common dogbane	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
dogbane#	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
flytrap dogbane	Other	U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016)
gewöhnliches hundsgift	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
hundkål	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999)
indian hemp#	Other	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
spreading dogbane	Other	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)
wandering milkweed	Other	U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:
root		Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)

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

Cynopaema androsaemifolium (L.) Lunell Amer. Midl. Naturalist 4: 509 (1916).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Apocynum androsaemifolium	Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)
Apocynum androsaemifolium L.	GRIN Report: World Economic Pl. (Wiersema & León, 1999) Hagers Handbuch (Hänsel et al., 1992-1998) Herbs of Commerce (McGuffin et al., 2000) Indian Med. Pl. Database (TDU, 2020) Native American Ethnobot.(Moerman, 1998) Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997) SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015) U.S. FDA Substance Registration System (2016) U.S. Homeopathic Pharmacopoeia (HPUS, 2009) WHODrug Herbal Substances (WHO-UMC, 2019) World Checklist of Useful Pl. Spp. (Diazgranados et al., 2020) World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)

Apocynum androsaemifolium

Med. Pl. of the World (Wyk & Wink, 2004)
SOTWP 2016: Kew Economic Botany Collection (RBG, Kew, 2015)

Apocynum androsaemifolium L.

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

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