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Ethnobotanical Plant Gossypium sp

Common Name
Cotton; Mien Hua Tzu

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
Poison US Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977
Rejuvenation China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Rheumatism Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Shampoo Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Throat Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Tumor(Abdomen) India Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Wart Rhodesia(Bamba) Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.