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Ethnobotanical Plant Prunus spinosa

Common Name
Cakalerigi; Sloethorn; Endrino

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
Astringent Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Cancer UK Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cyanogenetic US Duke, 1992 *
Depurative Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Diuretic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Emmenagogue Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Fever Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Laxative Spain Font Query, P. 1979. Plantas Medicinales el Dioscorides Renovado. Editorial Labor, S.A. Barcelona. 5th Ed.
Laxative Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Liqueur Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Nephritis Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Purgative Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Styptic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Vermifuge Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.