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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Lathyrus sativus

Common Name
Burcak; Hurtuman; Cicercula; Gall

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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
Ache(Leg) India(Santal) *
Cacoethes Europe Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Dysentery India(Santal) *
Medicine Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Poison Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Poison Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Poison Kurdistan Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Stomach India(Santal) *