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Ethnobotanical Plant Gossypium herbaceum

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

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
Soap Turkey Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Soap Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
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.