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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Spinacia oleracea

Common Name
Ispanak; Epinard; Espinaca; Ispinakh; Po Leng Ts'Ai; Spinagh; Po Ssu Ts'Ao; Spinach; Po Ts'Ai; Ch'Ih Ken Ts'Ai

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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
Refrigerant Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Thirst China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Tuberculosis Haiti Brutus, T.C., and A.V. Pierce-Noel. 1960. Les Plantes et les Legumes d'Hati qui Guerissent. Imprimerie De L'Etat, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti.
Tumor US Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.