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

Ethnobotanical Plant Spilanthes oleracea

Common Name
Cresson De Para, Para Cress, Mastruco, Ukra

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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
Ache(Tooth) Elsewhere *
Bladder India Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Bladder Elsewhere *
Gout French Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Gout Elsewhere *
Gum Elsewhere *
Insecticide Elsewhere *
Mouthwash English Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Scurvy Elsewhere *
Tumor(Prostate) Brazil Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.