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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 Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Antiphlogistic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
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 Europe Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
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.