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

Ethnobotanical Plant Convolvulus scammonia

Common Name
Scammony, Mahmude, Heleblab, Squmania

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Activity Country/Region Reference
Anasarca Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Anasarca Syria *
Anasarca Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Cancer Germany Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cathartic Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Cathartic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Cathartic Syria *
Dropsy Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Dropsy Syria *
Dropsy Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Hydragogue Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Hydragogue Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Poison Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.