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Ethnobotanical Plant Cissampelos pareira

Common Name
Aristoloche Lobee; Feuille Coeur; Bejuco De Raton; Liane Patte Cheval; Gasing-gasing

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
Bronchitis India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *
Burn India Duke, 1992 *
Calculus Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Chill India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *
Cholera India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *
Cold India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *
Colic India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *
Convulsion India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *
Cough Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Cystitis Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Delirium India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *
Diabetes Trinidad Duke, 1992 *
Diabetes Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Diarrhea Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Diarrhea India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Diuretic Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Diuretic Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.