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

Ethnobotanical Plant Lotus corniculatus

Common Name
Pai Mai Ken, Birdsfoot Trefoil, Cuernecillo

Activities

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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
Carminative China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Cyanogenetic US *
Fever China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Nerves Spain Font Query, P. 1979. Plantas Medicinales el Dioscorides Renovado. Editorial Labor, S.A. Barcelona. 5th Ed.
Poison US Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977
Restorative China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Thirst China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Tonic China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.