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

Ethnobotanical Plant Prunus mahaleb

Common Name
Mahaleb Kerezi, Idris, Mahaleb Cherry, Mahlab, Mahleb

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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 Country/Region Reference
Debility Turkey Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Diuretic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Fumitory Europe Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Insecticide Elsewhere *
Liqueur Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Perfume Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Poison Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Sclerosis Nc Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Stomachic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Tonic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.