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Ethnobotanical Plant Impatiens biflora

Common Name
Jewelweed

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
Anodyne US(Amerindian) Duke, 1992 *
Antidote(Rhus) US(Appalachia) Duke, 1992 *
Antidote(Urtica) US(Appalachia) Duke, 1992 *
Bruise US(Amerindian) Duke, 1992 *
Poison-Ivy US(Amerindian) Duke, 1992 *
Wart US Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.