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Ethnobotanical Plant Ulmus campestris

Common Name
English Elm; Gharghar; Warsaw Tea; Orwe; Kara Aghaj

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
Astringent Europe Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Cancer Belgium Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Demulcent Europe Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Demulcent China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Depurative Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Diuretic China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Diuretic Europe Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Scurvy Turkey Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Tea Europe Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Urogenital China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.