botanical record · discovered
Serpentaria
Aristolochia serpentaria
Serpentaria · Virginia Snakeroot · Virginia dutchman's pipe · Virginia serpentary · Virginia snakeroot · serpentary · snakeroot
At a glance
Origin / distribution: Turkey, US(Appalachia), US(MO), US, US(Choctaw)
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Alterative, Bite(Snake), Cardiotonic, Diaphoretic
Science studied: ARISTOLOCHIC-ACID-I, ARISTOLOCHINE, EO, ARISTOLACTONE
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Aristolochiaceae
Scientific name: Aristolochia serpentaria
Common names: Serpentaria, Virginia Snakeroot, Virginia dutchman's pipe, Virginia serpentary, Virginia snakeroot, serpentary, snakeroot
POWO: 93333-1 · WCVP June 2026 / POWO backbone
History
The source record documents this plant in Turkey, Elsewhere, US(Appalachia), US(MO), US, US(Choctaw).
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Alterative
- Bite(Snake)
- Cardiotonic
- Diaphoretic
- Diuretic
- Emmenagogue
- Gastrotonic
- Leukemia
show 16 more documented entries
- Medicine
- Poultice
- Smallpox
- Sore
- Sudorific
- Tonic
- Wound
- Malaria
- Sedative
- Stimulant
- Fever
- Pain
- Pneumonia
- Preventitive(Poison)
- Stomach
- Typhus
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- Turkey
- Elsewhere
- US(Appalachia)
- US(MO)
- US
- US(Choctaw)
Documented cultural uses
- Alterative
- Bite(Snake)
- Cardiotonic
- Diaphoretic
- Diuretic
- Emmenagogue
- Gastrotonic
- Leukemia
- Medicine
- Poultice
- Smallpox
- Sore
show 12 more documented entries
- Sudorific
- Tonic
- Wound
- Malaria
- Sedative
- Stimulant
- Fever
- Pain
- Pneumonia
- Preventitive(Poison)
- Stomach
- Typhus
Cultural record detail
These entries are transcribed from the cited ethnobotanical source; they do not represent current advice or a claim of efficacy.
- Alterative · Turkey · "
- Bite(Snake) · Elsewhere · "
- Bite(Snake) · US(Appalachia) · "
- Cardiotonic · Turkey · "
- Diaphoretic · Elsewhere · "
- Diuretic · Turkey · "
- Emmenagogue · Turkey · "
- Gastrotonic · Turkey · "
- Leukemia · US(MO) · "
- Medicine · US(Appalachia) · "
- Poultice · US · "
- Smallpox · US · "
- Sore · US · "
- Sudorific · Turkey · "
- Tonic · Elsewhere · "
- Wound · US · "
- Diaphoretic · US(Appalachia) · "
- Malaria · US · "
- Sedative · Turkey · "
- Stimulant · Elsewhere · "
- Sudorific · US · "
- Fever · US · "
- Pain · US(Choctaw) · "
- Pneumonia · US · "
5 additional documented entries remain in the source record.
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- ARISTOLOCHIC-ACID-I
- ARISTOLOCHINE
- EO
- ARISTOLACTONE
- ARISTORED
- SERPENTARINE
- BORNEOL
Legality
No exact international trade listing was returned by the CITES checklist for this accepted name. Country-specific law is not assessed here.
Consult the CITES species checklist for current international and national requirements.
Reference images
Sources
Plants of the World Online (POWO) · Kew data terms; cite POWO/WCVP
World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) · CC BY 3.0
show claim source mapping
- identity · DH-SRC-0030
- documented_uses · DH-SRC-0030
- compounds · DH-SRC-0030
- taxonomy · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- common_names · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- countries · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- wfo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0003 · source ↗
- cultural_records · DH-SRC-0030 · source ↗
- powo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0001 · source ↗
- wcvp_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0002 · source ↗
CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
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