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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Alkanna tinctoria

Common Name
Havaciva; Onoquiles

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Uses for this plant.
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Activity Country/Region Reference
Astringent Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Bite(Snake) Spain Font Query, P. 1979. Plantas Medicinales el Dioscorides Renovado. Editorial Labor, S.A. Barcelona. 5th Ed.
Emollient Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Liqueur Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Sclerosis(Uterus) Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.