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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Karwinskia humboldtiana

Common Name
Coyotillo

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Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Ache(Tooth) Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Convulsion Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Convulsion Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Fever Mexico Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Fever Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Infection Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Neuralgia Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Paralyzant US Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Poison Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Poison US Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977
Poison Mexico(Kickapoo) *
Tetanus Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Tetanus Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Wound Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.