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

Ethnobotanical Plant Phytolacca octandra

Common Name
Yyamolin

Activities

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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
Diuretic Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Emetic Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Poison Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Purgative Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Soap Mexico(Chinantec) *
Tinea Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Tumor Mexico Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.