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Asclepias curassavica

Common Name
Kan Cicegi; Herbe Madame Bouvin; Herbe Mme Bouvin; Ipecacuanha; Qan Chichegi; To-Wata; Brujidera; Bunga mas (Golden flower); Ipeca D' Haiti; Zahrat Ad Damm; Marjan; Malcasada; Viborrana; Algodon De Seda; Mata Cavaille; Kakanasa; Cancerillo

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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
Purgative Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Purgative Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Rabies Mexico Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Sore Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Sore Trinidad *
Sore Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Sternutatory Elsewhere *
Sternutatory Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Styptic Elsewhere *
Sudorific Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Sudorific Elsewhere *
Sudorific Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Tuberculosis Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Tumor(Abdomen) India Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Venereal Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Venereal Trinidad *
Vermifuge Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Vermifuge Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Vermifuge Elsewhere *
Vermifuge Elsewhere *