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

Ethnobotanical Plant Cerinthe major

Common Name
Grosse Wachsblume, Great Honeywort, Ceriflor

Activities

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Uses for this plant.
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Activity Country/Region Reference
Diuretic Spanish Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Jaundice German Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Scurvy US Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.