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Ethnobotanical Plant Heracleum sphondylium

Common Name
Grande Berce; Parsnip,Cow

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
Callus France Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cancer Uk(Wales) Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Medicine Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.