Ethnobotanical Plant Gossypium sp | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Name

Cotton; Mien Hua Tzu

Activities

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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
Abortifacient	USA	Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Abortifacient	Mexico	Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Abortifacient	India	Duke, 1992 *
Ache(Head)	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Aphrodisiac	UK	Duke, 1992 *
Aphrodisiac	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Astringent	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Bite(Bat)	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Cancer	Egypt	Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Dysentery	Mexico	Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Ecbolic	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Emmenagogue	India	Duke, 1992 *
Emmenagogue	Mexico	Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Emmenagogue	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Expectorant	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Laxative	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Nervine	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Parturition	USA	Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Pectoral	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Poison	US	Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977