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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Allium sativum

Common Name
Thum; Suan; Hsiao Suan; Sarimsak; Ail; Sir; Ajo; Garlic; Lai; Ail De Cuisine; Samersaq; Lasan; Cropleek; Bawang Poetih; Rosina; Bawang puteh

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Uses for this plant.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Vermifuge Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Vermifuge Elsewhere *
Vermifuge Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Vermifuge Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Wart Mexico(Kickapoo) *
Wart USSR Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Wen UK Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Whitlow US Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Witchcraft Trinidad *
Wound Egypt Tackholm, Vivi and Gunnar. 1973 (reprint). Flora of Egypt. Vol. 1-4. Originally published in Foriad I Univ. Bulletin of the Faculty of Science, vol. 17, Cairo, 1941.
Wound Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.