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Ethnobotanical Plant Cytinus hypocistis

Common Name
Hipocistide; Hypoquisitis

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 Spain Font Query, P. 1979. Plantas Medicinales el Dioscorides Renovado. Editorial Labor, S.A. Barcelona. 5th Ed.
Dysentery Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Tumor(Throat) Greece Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.