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Ethnobotanical Plant Chondrodendron tomentosum

Common Name
Pareira; Grieswurzel; Pareira Brava; Curare; Vigne Sauvage

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
Antiseptic French Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Aperient 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.
Diuretic German Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Fever Spanish Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Poison South America Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977
Poison US Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Poison(Arrow) Brazil Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Poison(Arrow) Peru Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Poison(Arrow) Venezuela Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Tonic Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Tonic German Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.