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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Iris foetidissima

Common Name
Gladon; Lirio Hediondo; Fena Kokulu Kuzgun Kilici; Iris

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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
Anodyne Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Apertif Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Cancer(Gum) Europe Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cathartic Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Diuretic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Diuretic Spain Font Query, P. 1979. Plantas Medicinales el Dioscorides Renovado. Editorial Labor, S.A. Barcelona. 5th Ed.
Emmenagogue Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Hysteria Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Laxative Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Poison Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977
Purgative Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Ringworm Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Spasm Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.