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Ethnobotanical Plant Capparis spinosa

Common Name
Kebre; Capparis Spinosa; Caper; Kabar

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
Ache(Tooth) Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Alterative Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Aperient Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Astringent Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Cold Egypt Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic Spain Font Query, P. 1979. Plantas Medicinales el Dioscorides Renovado. Editorial Labor, S.A. Barcelona. 5th Ed.
Diuretic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Diuretic Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Emmenagogue Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Expectorant Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Expectorant Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Glands Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Gout Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Hepatitis Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Paralysis Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Rheumatism Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Sclerosis(Spleen) Egypt Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Scurvy Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Spice Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Splenitis Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *