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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Lycopersicon esculentum

Common Name
Pomodoro; Tomate; Tamata; Liu Yueh Shih; Tomatero; Tomato; Fan Shih; Pomme D'Amour

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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
Antiseptic Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Antiseptic Elsewhere *
Aperient Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Aperient Italian Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Cancer Chile Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cancer West Indies Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cancer(Mouth) Venezuela Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Corn Peru Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Corn Greece Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cough Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Depurative Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Depurative China Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Digestive China Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Digestive Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Flu Trinidad *
Flu Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Flu Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Flu Haiti Brutus, T.C., and A.V. Pierce-Noel. 1960. Les Plantes et les Legumes d'Hati qui Guerissent. Imprimerie De L'Etat, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti.
Palpitation Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Palpitation Trinidad *