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Ethnobotanical Plant Tagetes patula

Common Name
Qadifah; Clavel De Los Muertos; Souci; Gula Zard; Flewurs Souci; Ja'Fari; Copada

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
Antiseptic Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Astringent Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Bactericide Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Calmative Argentina Duke, 1992 *
Carminative Philippines Duke, 1992 *
Carminative Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Collyrium Colombia Duke, 1992 *
Cough China Leung, Albert Y. 1980. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients. John Wiley and Sons, N.Y.
Diaphoretic Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Diuretic Argentina Duke, 1992 *
Dysentery China Leung, Albert Y. 1980. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients. John Wiley and Sons, N.Y.
Emmenagogue 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.
Emmenagogue Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Hair-Oil Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Hemostat Kurdistan Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Herbicide Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Insecticide Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Nematicide Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Purgative Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Repellant(Insect) Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *