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

Ethnobotanical Plant Metopium brownei

Common Name
Cochinilla

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
Allergenic Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Erysipelas Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Measles Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Poison Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Poison Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Poison Guatemala Standley, P.C., and J.A. Steyermark. 1952. Flora of Guatemala. Fieldiana Botany, vol, 24, pt. 3. Museum of Natl. History, Chicago.
Rheumatism Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Sedative Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Smallpox Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Sudorific Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.