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

Common Name
Dentelaire; Loco; Herva Do Diablo; Pega-Pollo; Malacara

Activities

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Uses for this plant.
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Activity Country/Region Reference
Sialogogue 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.
Tumor Brazil Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Tumor(Joint) Brazil Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Vesicant Paraguay Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Vesicant Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Vesicant 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.
Vesicant Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Wart West Indies Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.