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Ethnobotanical Plant Passiflora foetida

Common Name
Gouave; Timun dendang (Raven's cucumbe; Marigouya

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
Amygdalitis 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.
Asthma Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Bilious Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Cold Trinidad Duke, 1992 *
Cold Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Cough Trinidad Duke, 1992 *
Cough Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Cough Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Cyanogenetic Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Cyanogenetic Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Depurative Trinidad Duke, 1992 *
Depurative Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Emetic Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Emmenagogue Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Emmenagogue Cuba Duke, 1992 *
Emmenagogue Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Heat rash Curacao Duke, 1992 *
Hysteria Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Hysteria Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Inflammation Curacao Duke, 1992 *