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

Ethnobotanical Plant Chrozophora tinctoria

Common Name
Nil, Sabbagh Ruhu, Tournesol, Tornasol

Activities

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Uses for this plant.
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Activity Country/Region Reference
Cathartic Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Emetic Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Fever Spain Font Query, P. 1979. Plantas Medicinales el Dioscorides Renovado. Editorial Labor, S.A. Barcelona. 5th Ed.
Wart Greece Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.