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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Cereus grandiflorus

Common Name
Cactus; Cacto; Koningen Der Nacht; Night-Blooming Ceresus

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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
Cardiac French Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Cardiotonic Elsewhere *
Carditis Elsewhere *
Diuretic Dutch Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Dropsy Elsewhere *
Goiter Spanish Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Nervine Italian Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Stimulant US Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Stimulant Elsewhere *
Tonic German Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.