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

Common Name
Bejuco De Leche

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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
Insecticide Costa Rica Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Insecticide Elsewhere *
Maggot Elsewhere *
Maggot Costarica Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Wart Elsewhere *
Wart Colombia Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.