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Ethnobotanical Plant Oxalis corniculata

Common Name
Alleluia; Oseille Marron; Tso Chiang; Hsiao Suan Ts'Ai; Oseille Du Bois; Indian Sorrel; Suan Chiang; Rempi; Carpigna; Hummaidh; Sorrel; Estrebolina; Sikap dada; Pwin D'Coucou; Vinagrillo; Chukrika; Semanggen; Acederilla Aleluya; Vinagreta

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
Sore Guatemala Standley, P.C., and J.A. Steyermark. 1952. Flora of Guatemala. Fieldiana Botany, vol, 24, pt. 3. Museum of Natl. History, Chicago.
Sore(Throat) Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Sore(Throat) 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.
Sprain China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Sting India Duke, 1992 *
Stomachic Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Stomatitis Malaya Duke, 1992 *
Stomatitis Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Styptic China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Suppurative 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.
Swelling India Duke, 1992 *
Swelling China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Trauma China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Tumor(Abdomen) India Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Tympanitis Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Ulcer Panama Gupta, M.P., et al. 1979. Ethnopharmacognostic observations on Panamanian medicinal plants. Part I. Quarterly journal of crude drug research 17(3-4):115-130.
Urogenital China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Vermifuge China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Vermifuge Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Wart Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *