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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Saponaria officinalis

Common Name
Sabunotu; Saponaria; Soaproot; Soapwort; Sabon-So; Yebe Di Savon

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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
Jaundice US *
Laxative Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Laxative Eurasia Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Poison US Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977
Poison Elsewhere *
Rheumatism US Krochmal, Arnold and Connie. 1973. A guide to the medicinal plants of the United States. Quadrangle/The N.Y. Times Book Co.
Rheumatism Elsewhere *
Rheumatism US *
Scrofula Elsewhere *
Shampoo Elsewhere *
Skin US *
Skin Elsewhere *
Soap US Krochmal, Arnold and Connie. 1973. A guide to the medicinal plants of the United States. Quadrangle/The N.Y. Times Book Co.
Soap US(Amerindian) *
Soap Eurasia Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Soap Elsewhere *
Soap Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Sore Elsewhere *
Sternutatory Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Stimulant Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.