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Ethnobotanical Plant Atriplex hortensis

Common Name
Arva Armoles; Qataf Abyadh; Arroche Cultive; Orach; Armuella De Huerta

Activities

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
Diuretic Portuguese Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Diuretic Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Emollient Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Emollient Spanish Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Lung French Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Lung Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Tumor Europe Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.