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

Ethnobotanical Plant Sarcostemma viminale

Common Name
Bejuco Del Diablo, Sacred Soma, Sarcostemme, Somabutta, Fleischkranz

Activities

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Uses for this plant.
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Activity Country/Region Reference
Alterative Spanish Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Fever English Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Intoxicant German Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Piscicide Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977
Thirst French Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Tonic India Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.