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

Ethnobotanical Plant Lapsana communis

Common Name
Grespignolo, Huang Kua Ts'Ai, Gemeiner Rainkohl, Nipplewort, Akkerkool

Activities

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Uses for this plant.
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Activity Country/Region Reference
Diabetes Italian Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Diuretic China Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Emollient German Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Nipple English Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Tonic Dutch Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.