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

Ethnobotanical Plant Chondrodendron tomentosum

Common Name
Pareira, Grieswurzel, Pareira Brava, Curare, Vigne Sauvage

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Activity Country/Region Reference
Antiseptic French Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Aperient German Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Diuretic German Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Diuretic Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Fever Spanish Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Poison US Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Poison South America Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977
Poison(Arrow) Peru Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Poison(Arrow) Venezuela Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Poison(Arrow) Brazil Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Tonic Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Tonic German Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.