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Ethnobotanical Plant Crithmum maritimum

Common Name
Meerfenchel; Fenouil Marin; Finochio Marino; Sea Fennel; Zeevenkel; Sanpetra; Fennel,Sea; Hinojo Marino

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
Apertif German Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Depurative French Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Digestive Spanish Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Diuretic US Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Scurvy Dutch Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Scurvy Spain Font Query, P. 1979. Plantas Medicinales el Dioscorides Renovado. Editorial Labor, S.A. Barcelona. 5th Ed.
Stimulant Italian Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Tumor Europe Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.