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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Colchicum autumnale

Common Name
Cigdem; Colchicum; Herbstreitlose; Meadow Saffron; Colquico

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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)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Alterative Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Cancer Europe Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Corn Germany Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Diuretic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Fatality Europe Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977
Gout Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Homeopathy Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Laxative Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Leukemia Greece Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Poison Spain Font Query, P. 1979. Plantas Medicinales el Dioscorides Renovado. Editorial Labor, S.A. Barcelona. 5th Ed.
Poison Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Rheumatism Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Rheumatism Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Sedative Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Sudorific Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.