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

Ethnobotanical Plant Euphorbia officinarum

Common Name
Diacridium, Apotheker Wolfsmilch, Official Spurge

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 Europe Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Emetic German Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Fungoid West Indies Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Poison Africa Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Purgative English Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.