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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Ethnobotanical Plant Cuphea aequipetala

Common Name
Yerba Del Cancer, Apancholoa

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)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Bruise Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Cancer US(AZ) Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Parturition Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Tumor Mexico Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Tumor Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Vulnerary Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Wound Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.