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Ethnobotanical Plant Syzygium aromaticum

Common Name
Girofle; Ting Hsiang; Karanfil; Cloves; Mu Ting Hsiang; Clove; Ting Tzu Hsiang; Chi She Hsiang

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
Stimulant Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Stimulant Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Stimulant China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Stimulant China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Stomachic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Stomachic China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Tonic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Tonic China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Uterus 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.
Vermifuge China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Vermifuge 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.
Wart US(CA) Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.