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Ethnobotanical Plant Stachytarpheta cayennensis

Common Name
Verbena

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
Chest-Cold Trinidad Duke, 1992 *
Chest-Cold Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Collyrium Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Collyrium Trinidad Duke, 1992 *
Depurative Trinidad Duke, 1992 *
Depurative Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Dysentery Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Dysentery Trinidad Duke, 1992 *
Fever Trinidad Duke, 1992 *
Fever Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Heart Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Heart Trinidad Duke, 1992 *
Heart attack Trinidad Duke, 1992 *
Heart attack Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Ophthalmia Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Ophthalmia Trinidad Duke, 1992 *
Panacea Dominica Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Tumor Venezuela Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Vermifuge Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Vermifuge Trinidad Duke, 1992 *