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Ethnobotanical Plant Matricaria chamomilla

Common Name
Papatya; Babunnej; Camomile; Manzanilla; Chamomile; Kami-Ture; Bayboon; Amerale; Manzanilla Dulce

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
Ache(Ear) Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Ache(Ear) Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Ache(Stomach) Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Anodyne Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Antiphlogistic Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Antiphlogistic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Antiphlogistic Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Antiseptic Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Antiseptic Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Bruise Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Bruise Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Cancer France Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cancer(Liver) Chile Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Carminative Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Carminative Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Carminative Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Carminative Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Carminative Europe Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.