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Ethnobotanical Plant Pothomorphe peltata

Common Name

Feuilles A Coeur, Collet A Dame, Yagrumo, Broquelejo, Fait Collet

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 Sort descending	Country/Region	Reference
Abscess	Haiti	Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Ache(Head)	Trinidad	Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Ache(Tooth)	Brazil	Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Anodyne	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Burn	Haiti	Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Cataplasm	Panama(Choco)	Duke, 1992 *
Cold	Panama(Cuna)	Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic	Dominican Republic	Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Erysipelas	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Leishmanniasis	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Liver	Dominican Republic	Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Medicine	Panama(Choco)	Duke, 1992 *
Pediculicide	Panama(Cuna)	Duke, 1992 *
Repellant(Tick)	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Sore	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Sudorific	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Swelling	Brazil	Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Urethritis	Haiti	Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.