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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Xanthium spinosum

Common Name
Clotweed; Pitrak; Cepa Caballo; Cepa De Caballo; Espinho De Carneiro; Cachurera Menor

Activities

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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
Antiseptic India *
Astringent Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Bite(Snake) US Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Depurative Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Diaphoretic US Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Diarrhea India *
Diarrhea Elsewhere *
Diuretic US Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Diuretic Elsewhere *
Diuretic India *
Diuretic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Diuretic Spain Font Query, P. 1979. Plantas Medicinales el Dioscorides Renovado. Editorial Labor, S.A. Barcelona. 5th Ed.
Malaria US Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Malaria Elsewhere *
Malaria Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Malaria India *
Poison India *
Rabies Elsewhere *
Rabies India *
Resolvent Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.