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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Lycium sp

Common Name
Cambronera; Box Thorn; Spina Cristi; Boksdoorn; Bocksdorn

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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
Bactericide Elsewhere *
Cyanogenetic Spanish Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Diuretic English Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Laxative Italian Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Poison Dutch Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Spasm German Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.