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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
Piscicide Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Piscicide Malaya Duke, 1992 *
Poultice Mexico(Chinantec) Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Purgative Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Rabies India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *
Rheumatism Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Sore Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Stimulant Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Styptic Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Tonic India Broun, A.F., and R.E. Massey. 1929. Flora of the Sudan. The controller, Sudan Govt. Office, Wellington House, Buchingham Gate, London, S.W.I.
Tonic Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Urogenital Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Urogenital Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Wound India Duke, 1992 *
Wound India(Bhil) Duke, 1992 *