Hemidesmus indicus. Indian Sarsaparilla.
Botanical name:
Classic texts: The American Eclectic Dispensatory, by John King, 1854.
Hemidesmus indicus (L.) W. T. Aiton.
Engl.: Indian sarsaparilla, East-Indian sarsaparilla, nunnari.
Bot. syn.: Asclepias pseudosarsa Roxb., Periploca emetica Retz., Periploca indica L.
Classic texts: The American Eclectic Dispensatory, by John King, 1854.
Classic texts: Pereira 1854.
Classic texts: USDisp 1918.
Classic texts: USDisp 1918.
Classic texts: Sayre 1917.
Classic texts: King's 1898.
Classic texts: BPC 1911.
Classic texts: BPC 1911.
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