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Ethnobotanical Plant Cicuta maculata

Common Name

Hemlock, Water Hemlock

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
Contraceptive	US(Cherokee)	Duke, 1992 *
Fatality	US	Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977
Suicide	US(Appalachia)	Duke, 1992 *
Tumor	US	Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.