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

Ethnobotanical Plant Erechtites hieracifolia

Common Name
Letron, Broomweed, Cote Soleil, Mares Tail, Lechuguilla, Fireweed, Pilewort

Activities

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Activity Country/Region Reference
Alterative Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Alterative US Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Anodyne US Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Astringent US Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Astringent Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Cough Salvador Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Emetic US Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Laxative Panama Gupta, M.P., et al. 1979. Ethnopharmacognostic observations on Panamanian medicinal plants. Part I. Quarterly journal of crude drug research 17(3-4):115-130.
Spasm English Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Tonic US Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Tonic Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Vermifuge Panama Gupta, M.P., et al. 1979. Ethnopharmacognostic observations on Panamanian medicinal plants. Part I. Quarterly journal of crude drug research 17(3-4):115-130.