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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
Sudorific Elsewhere *
Sudorific Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Syphilis US Krochmal, Arnold and Connie. 1973. A guide to the medicinal plants of the United States. Quadrangle/The N.Y. Times Book Co.
Tumor Belgium Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Venereal Elsewhere *