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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Petiveria alliacea

Common Name
Gully Root; Ave; Aveterinaryte; Apazote De Zorro; Mal Pouri; Guineahen Weed; Anamu; Feuilles Ave; Zorrillo; Huevo De Gato; Herbe Aux Poules; Hierba De Las Gallinitas; Payche; Verveine Puante; Verocine Puante; Petivere A Odeur Ail; Chasser Vermine

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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
Insecticide Elsewhere *
Lung Elsewhere *
Nerves Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Nerves Elsewhere *
Nerves Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Nerves Latin America Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Paralysis Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Parturition Elsewhere *
Pertussis Elsewhere *
Piscicide Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977
Poison Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977
Poison(Arrow) Brazil Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Rabies Mexico Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Repellant(Bat) Elsewhere *
Repellant(Bat) Panama(Choco) *
Repellant(Insect) Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Repellant(Insect) Elsewhere *
Repellant(Insect) 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.
Rheumatism Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Rheumatism Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.