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Ethnobotanical Plant Daphne gnidium

Common Name
Dag Mezeryonu; Torvisco; Matsnan; Mezereon

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
Abortifacient Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Cancer Europe Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Insecticide Sicily Duke, 1992 *
Piscicide Italy(Sardinia) Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Purgative Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Purgative Spain Font Query, P. 1979. Plantas Medicinales el Dioscorides Renovado. Editorial Labor, S.A. Barcelona. 5th Ed.
Tumor(Pituitary) Algeria Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Wound Sicily Duke, 1992 *