Species:Asclepias

Scientific Classification (based on APG-II and Taxonomicon)
division Jpn. 門	Tracheophyta 維管束植物門
class Jpn. 綱	Magnoliopsida モクレン綱
subclass Jpn. 亜綱	Asteridae キク亜綱
order Jpn. 目	Gentianales リンドウ目
suborder Jpn. 亜目	[[:Category:\|]]
infraorder Jpn. 下目	[[:Category:\|]]
parvorder Jpn. 小目	[[:Category:\|]]
superfamily Jpn. 上科	[[:Category:\|]]
family Jpn. 科	Apocynaceae キョウチクトウ科
subfamily Jpn. 亜科	Asclepiadoideae
tribe Jpn. 族	Asclepiadeae
subtribe Jpn. 亜族	[[:Category:\|]]
genus Jpn. 属	Asclepias

Information

Flavonoid

Species-Flavonoid Relationship Reported

Species	ID	Metabolite Name	Reference
*Asclepias curassavica*	FL5FACGL0030	Manghaslin	Buttery_BR et al. 1975
*Asclepias curassavica*	FL5FACGA0009	Quercetin 3-rhamnosyl- (1->2) -galactoside	Dinda 1988
*Asclepias syriaca*	FL5FACNP0001	4",5"-Dihydro-3,5,3',4'-tetrahydroxy-4",6",6"-trimethylpyrano [ 2,3:7,8 ] flavone	Gonnet_JF et al. 1973
*Asclepias curassavica*	FL5FACGA0008	Quercetin 3-glucosyl- (1->6) -galactoside	Hiller 1984
*Asclepias curassavica*	FL5FACGA0020	Quercetin 3- (2Gal-rhamnosyl-robinobioside)	Karl_C et al. 1981
*Asclepias curassavica*	FL5FACGA0008	Quercetin 3-glucosyl- (1->6) -galactoside	Nawwar_MA et al. 1989
*Asclepias curassavica*	FL5FACGL0030	Manghaslin	Sakushima_A et al. 1980
*Asclepias syriaca*	FL5FADGS0020	Isorhamnetin 3-xylosyl- (1->2) -galactoside	Sikorska_M et al. 2001
*Asclepias curassavica*	FL5FACGA0020	Quercetin 3- (2Gal-rhamnosyl-robinobioside)	Yasukawa_K et al. 1989
*Asclepias curassavica*	FL5FACGA0009	Quercetin 3-rhamnosyl- (1->2) -galactoside	Yasukawa_K et al. 1988

Medicinal Plants in Okinawa(沖縄県工業技術センター)

OITC Page	Family Name (Japanese)	Our page
トウワタ	ガガイモ科	Asclepias curassarica L.

English Codex Vegetabilis (1957)

Asclepias cornutum Asclepias curassavica Asclepias incarnata Asclepias tuberosa Asclepias asthmatica

Medicinal Plants in Philippines

Scientific Name	English Name	Tagalog Name
Asclepias curassavica Linn.	blood flower	Bulak damo

Family/Genus Description

For comprehensive information, visit Asclepias page. (BY Shigeharu Okamoto)

Asclepias L.

ガガイモ科【属名】アスクレピアス;トウワタ属 silk weed; milkweed; asclepias 塊茎をもつ常緑多年草または亜低木。

Asclepias curassavica

ガガイモ科トウワタ(唐綿) blood flower; swallow wort; Indian root; bastard pecacuanha; little ducks; sunset flower 塊茎をもつ常緑亜低木。夏～秋、5本の角をもつ橙赤色で中心の黄色い花の、散形花序を形成する。

Asclepias tuberosa

ガガイモ科ヤナギトウワタ;シュッコンパンヤ butterfly weed; pleurisy weed; poison snake plant; Canada root; poison snake; butterfly milkweed; haw; orange milkweed; butterflyweed; tuberous swallowwort 塊茎を持つ多年草。夏に5本の角をもつ明るい橙赤色の花が咲く。