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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Althaea officinalis

Common Name
Marshmallow; Hatmi; Khatmah; Usubeni-Tati-Aoi; Malvavisco; Khitmi; Altea; Iviscus; Mallow,Wild; Ghasul

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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
Piles Spain Font Query, P. 1979. Plantas Medicinales el Dioscorides Renovado. Editorial Labor, S.A. Barcelona. 5th Ed.
Poultice Turkey Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Respiratory Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Sclerosis Peru Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Sclerosis Greece Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Sore(Throat) Elsewhere *
Tumor Europe Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.