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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Ilex aquifolium

Common Name
Holly; Acebo; Cobanpuskulu; Acebo Comun; European Holly; Houx

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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
Jaundice Elsewhere *
Jaundice Elsewhere *
Malaria Elsewhere *
Malaria Elsewhere *
Poison Europe Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977
Poison Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Purgative Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Purgative Elsewhere *
Purgative Elsewhere *
Sudorific Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Swelling Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Tonic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Tumor(Thyroid) UK Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Wart Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.