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

Ethnobotanical Plant Polypodium aureum

Common Name
Calaguala

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 Honduras Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cough Mexico(Mazatec) Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Fever Mexico(Mazatec) Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Pectoral Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Purgative Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Sudorific Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Sudorific Mexico(Mazatec) Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Tumor Cuba Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Venereal Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.