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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Parthenium hysterophorus

Common Name
Escoba De Puerco; Yerba Amarga; Balai Amer; Feuilles Bouton; Baille Lame; Absinthe Marron; Absynthe Batarde; Escoba Amarga; Friega Platos; Escobita Amarga; Parthene Multifide

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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
Tumor West Indies Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.