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Ethnobotanical Plant Selenicereus grandiflorus

Common Name
Night Blooming Cereus

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
Dropsy Mexico Duke, 1992 *
Fungoid Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Rheumatism Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Rheumatism Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Rheumatism Mexico Duke, 1992 *