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Ethnobotanical Plant Polymnia uvedalia

Common Name
Yellow Leafcup; Amerikaanse Bereklauw; Amerikanischer Barenklau; Polymnie; American Bearfoot

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
Anodyne US(Amerindian) Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Anodyne French Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Laxative Dutch Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Laxative US(Amerindian) Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Malaria English Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Scrofula US Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Stimulant German Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Stimulant US(Amerindian) Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.