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Ethnobotanical Plant Potentilla anserina

Common Name
Silberweed; Gumusu Besparmak; Genserich; Tansy,Wild; Yerba Plateada

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 Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Arthritis Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Arthritis Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Arthritis Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Astringent Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Astringent Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Cancer Europe Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Corn UK Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cramp Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Diarrhea Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Diarrhea Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Dysmenorrhea Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Dysmenorrhea Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Intestine Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Kidney Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Kidney Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Leucorrhea Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Leucorrhea Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Litholytic Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Polyp Chile Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.