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Ethnobotanical Plant Cicuta virosa

Common Name
Cowbane, Su Baldirani, Doku-Zeri, Hemlock,Water

Activities

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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)
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Cancer Europe Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Fatality US Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977
Homeopathy Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Poison Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Poison Elsewhere ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Poison Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Poison UK Duke, 1992 *