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Ethnobotanical Plant Mandragora officinarum

Common Name
European Mandrake; Mandrake; Pome Di Tchin

Activities

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
Anesthetic Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Asthma Europe Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Cough Europe Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Hayfever Europe Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Hypnotic Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Mydriatic Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Narcotic India Duke, 1992 *
Poison Europe Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977
Sedative Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Sedative Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Tumor Europe Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Tumor Belgium Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.