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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

U.S. Department of Agriculture

E Brunfelsia hopeana (Solanaceae) PDF

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Common name(s)
Manaka; Manaca; Vegetable Mercury

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Total Uses: 9

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Use	Country/Region	Reference
Alterative	Dutch	Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Alterative	Elsewhere
Alterative	Elsewhere	Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Diuretic	US	Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Diuretic	Elsewhere
Laxative	Latin America	Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Rheumatism	Elsewhere	Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Rheumatism	German	Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Scrofula	French	Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.