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Gossypium herbaceum

Common Name
Pamuk; Ts'Ao Mien; Cotonnier Blanc; Algodoeiro; Algodonero; Qoten; Ku Pei; Cotton Herbace; Loka; Mu Mieng; Pamu; Ku Chung

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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
Hemorrhage Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Hemostat Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Lactagogue Elsewhere *
Lactogogue Spain Font Query, P. 1979. Plantas Medicinales el Dioscorides Renovado. Editorial Labor, S.A. Barcelona. 5th Ed.
Lactogogue Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Laxative Elsewhere *
Leprosy China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Liniment Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Liniment Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Malaria Elsewhere *
Nervine Elsewhere *
Neuralgia Haiti Brutus, T.C., and A.V. Pierce-Noel. 1960. Les Plantes et les Legumes d'Hati qui Guerissent. Imprimerie De L'Etat, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti.
Oxytoxic Kurdistan Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Oxytoxic Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Oxytoxic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Parturition Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Pharyngitis Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Scabies China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Scorpion Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Skin China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.