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Ethnobotanical Plant Pothomorphe peltata

Common Name
Feuilles A Coeur; Collet A Dame; Yagrumo; Broquelejo; Fait Collet

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
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.