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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture
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Triosteum perfoliatum

Common Name
Tinker'S Weed; Ipecacuanha Sauvage; Horse Gentian; Wilde Ipecacuanha

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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
Cathartic US *
Coffee US(Appalachia) *
Coffee US Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Coffee US *
Emetic French Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Emetic US *
Emetic US(Appalachia) *
Felon US(Onondaga) *
Fever English Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Fever US(Cherokee) *
Fever US *
Laxative German Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Sudorific Dutch Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.