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

Ethnobotanical Plant Euphorbia hypericifolia

Common Name
Milkweed, Yerba De La Golondrina, Erva De San Luzie, Acocotli Quaunhnahuacense, Mapempe, Spurge,Black

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
Cancer US(Cherokee) Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Corn Argentina Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Diarrhea Elsewhere *
Leucorrhea Elsewhere *
Sclerosis(Cornea) Brazil Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Stomatitis Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Tumor Mexico Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Uteralgia Dominica(Carib) Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Wart Jamaica Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Wart US Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.