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

Ethnobotanical Plant Spiraea filipendula

Common Name
Dropwort, Rode Steenbreek, Wiesen Geissbart

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Uses for this plant.
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Activity Country/Region Reference
Astringent German Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Diuretic English Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Laxative English Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.