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Ethnobotanical Plant Taxus baccata

Common Name
Porsuk Agaci; Seiyo-Itii; Taxo; Tejo; English Yew; Talisa

Activities

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
Abortifacient Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Ache(Head) Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Antifertility Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Bilious Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Calculus Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Cancer India Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Carminative Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Contraceptive Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Contraceptive India Duke, 1992 *
Cyanogenetic Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Cyanogenetic US Duke, 1992 *
Debility Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Dentifrice Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Emmenagogue Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Emmenagogue Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Emmenagogue Elsewhere ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Epilepsy Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Expectorant Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Expectorant Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Giddiness Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *