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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Oxalis acetosella

Common Name
Wood Sorrel; Woodsorrel; Kazayagi; Aleluya; Sorrel

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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
Astringent Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Cancer Uk(Wales) Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cancer US(Amerindian) Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cancer Elsewhere *
Catarrh Elsewhere *
Diuretic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Diuretic Elsewhere *
Dyspepsia Elsewhere *
Fever Elsewhere *
Fever Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Gonorrhea Elsewhere *
Hemorrhage Elsewhere *
Homeopathy Elsewhere *
Lip Elsewhere *
Liver Elsewhere *
Poison Spain Font Query, P. 1979. Plantas Medicinales el Dioscorides Renovado. Editorial Labor, S.A. Barcelona. 5th Ed.
Poison Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977
Poison Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Poison Elsewhere *
Quinsy UK *