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Helianthus annuus

Common Name
Fleurs Soleil; Girasol; Guna Baqan; Ward Ash Shams; Gundondu; A'Bbad Al Shams; Aycicegi; Tournesol; A'In Ash Shams; Flor De Sol; Gula Barbaroza; Helianthe; Fleur Soleil; Himawari

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Activity Country/Region Reference
Aftosa India(Santal) *
Anodyne US Krochmal, Arnold and Connie. 1973. A guide to the medicinal plants of the United States. Quadrangle/The N.Y. Times Book Co.
Anodyne India(Santal) *
Antidote(Scorpion) India(Santal) *
Antiseptic 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.
Antiseptic Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Aphrodisiac 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.
Aphrodisiac Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Aphrodisiac UK *
Bactericide Elsewhere *
Bite(Snake) India(Santal) *
Bite(Snake) US(Amerindian) *
Bite(Tiger) India(Santal) *
Blindness India(Santal) *
Bronchial Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Bronchiectasis Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Bronchitis Elsewhere *
Bronchitis Kurdistan Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Bronchitis US Krochmal, Arnold and Connie. 1973. A guide to the medicinal plants of the United States. Quadrangle/The N.Y. Times Book Co.
Cancer Venezuela Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.