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Ethnobotanical Plant Ipomoea quamoclit

Common Name
Estrella Del Sol, Cambustera, Cheveux De Venus

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
Anodyne India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *
Bite(Snake) Australia Duke, 1992 *
Breast India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *
Carbuncle Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Catarrh Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Cyanogenetic US Duke, 1992 *
Cyanogenetic Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Detergent Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Piles Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Purgative Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Purgative Australia Duke, 1992 *
Refrigerant Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Sore India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *
Sternutatory Spain Duke, 1992 *
Sternutatory Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.