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Ethnobotanical Plant Triosteum perfoliatum

Common Name

Tinker'S Weed, Ipecacuanha Sauvage, Horse Gentian, Wilde Ipecacuanha

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 Sort descending	Country/Region	Reference
Cathartic	US	Duke, 1992 *
Coffee	US(Appalachia)	Duke, 1992 *
Coffee	US	Duke, 1992 *
Coffee	US	Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Emetic	US	Duke, 1992 *
Emetic	US(Appalachia)	Duke, 1992 *
Emetic	French	Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Felon	US(Onondaga)	Duke, 1992 *
Fever	English	Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Fever	US(Cherokee)	Duke, 1992 *
Fever	US	Duke, 1992 *
Laxative	German	Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Sudorific	Dutch	Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.