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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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Activity Country/Region Reference
Soap Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Soap Turkey Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Sore Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Surgical-Dressing Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Tumor French Guiana Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Vasoconstrictor Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Vulnerary 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.