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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Gossypium sp

Common Name
Cotton; Mien Hua Tzu

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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 Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Abortifacient India *
Abortifacient USA Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Ache(Head) Elsewhere *
Aphrodisiac UK *
Aphrodisiac Elsewhere *
Astringent Elsewhere *
Bite(Bat) Elsewhere *
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 *
Emmenagogue India *
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 *
Expectorant Elsewhere *
Laxative Elsewhere *
Nervine Elsewhere *
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 *
Poison Elsewhere *