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Ethnobotanical Plant Tagetes lucida

Common Name
Sweet Marigold; Tzitziqui

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
Anesthetic Aztec Duke, 1992 *
Bite(Bug) Mexico Duke, 1992 *
Diarrhea Mexico Duke, 1992 *
Fumigant Mexico Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Fumitory Mexico(Huichol) Duke, 1992 *
Hallucinogen Mexico Duke, 1992 *
Hemoptysis Mexico Duke, 1992 *
Hiccup Mexico Duke, 1992 *
Incense Mexico Duke, 1992 *
Itch Mexico Duke, 1992 *
Malaria Mexico Duke, 1992 *
Repellant(Insect) Mexico Duke, 1992 *
Repellant(Insect) Mexico Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Rheumatism Mexico Duke, 1992 *
Sedative Mexico Duke, 1992 *
Spice Mexico Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Tea Mexico Duke, 1992 *
Tick Mexico Duke, 1992 *
Tumor Mexico Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.