botanical record · discovered
Bitterroot
Apocynum androsaemifolium
Bitterroot · Spreading Dogbane · Apocyne à feuilles d'androsème, Apocynum à feuilles d'androsème · Bitter-root · Bredbladet hundedød · Common Dogbane · Flytrap Dogbane · Mata-cão · Sgäji:wa:k · apocyn à feuilles d'androsème · apocyn à feuilles d’androsème · bitter dogbane · bitter-root · bitterroot · common dogbane · creeping dogbane
At a glance
Origin / distribution: US, Hanf, Dutch, US(Amerindian), French
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Ache(Head), Cathartic, Diuretic, Emetic
Science studied: ANDROSIN, ANDROSTEROL, APOCYMARIN, APOCYNAMARIN
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Apocynaceae
Scientific name: Apocynum androsaemifolium
Common names: Bitterroot, Spreading Dogbane, Apocyne à feuilles d'androsème, Apocynum à feuilles d'androsème, Bitter-root, Bredbladet hundedød, Common Dogbane, Flytrap Dogbane, Mata-cão, Sgäji:wa:k, apocyn à feuilles d'androsème, apocyn à feuilles d’androsème, bitter dogbane, bitter-root, bitterroot, common dogbane, creeping dogbane
History
The source record documents this plant in US, Elsewhere, Hanf, Dutch, US(Amerindian), French.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Ache(Head)
- Cathartic
- Diuretic
- Emetic
- Kidney
- Laxative
- Poison
- Pregnancy
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- Sterility
- Sudorific
- Tonic
- Cardiotonic
- Diaphoretic
- Heart
- Narcotic
- Purgative
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- US
- Elsewhere
- Hanf
- Dutch
- US(Amerindian)
- French
Documented cultural uses
- Ache(Head)
- Cathartic
- Diuretic
- Emetic
- Kidney
- Laxative
- Poison
- Pregnancy
- Sterility
- Sudorific
- Tonic
- Cardiotonic
show 4 more documented entries
- Diaphoretic
- Heart
- Narcotic
- Purgative
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- ANDROSIN
- ANDROSTEROL
- APOCYMARIN
- APOCYNAMARIN
- APOCYNIN
- CAOUTCHOUC
- EPURANOL
- K-STROPHANTHIN
- CYMARIN
- HOMOANDROSTEROL
- ACETOVANILLIN
- APOBIOSIDE
- APOCYNEIN
- EO
Legality
Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.
Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.
Reference images
Sources
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0
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CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
Contributions and revisions
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