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Asclepias incarnata

Common Name
Incarnate Swallowwort; Rote Schwalbenwurz; Asclepiade Couleur De Chair; Rode Zijdeplant; Rote Seidenpflanze; Swamp Silkweed; Swamp Milkweed

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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
Alterative US Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Asthma Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Catarrh Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Cathartic Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Diuretic German Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Diuretic Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Emetic French Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Emetic Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Rheumatism Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Stomachic Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Stomachic Dutch Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Sudorific German Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Tumor US Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Vermifuge Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Vermifuge US Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.