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

Ethnobotanical Plant Turnera diffusa

Common Name
The Bourrique, Damiana, Oreganillo, Damiane

Activities

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Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Ache(Head) Bahamas *
Ache(Stomach) Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Amaurosis Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Aphrodisiac Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Aphrodisiac Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Aphrodisiac French Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Aphrodisiac Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Aphrodisiac Elsewhere *
Astringent Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Astringent US Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Catarrh Elsewhere *
Cold Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Diabetes Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Diuretic Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Diuretic Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Diuretic Mexico Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Dysentery Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Dysmenorrhea US Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Dyspepsia Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Enuresis Bahamas *