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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

U.S. Department of Agriculture

E Erechtites hieracifolia (Asteraceae) PDF

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Common name(s)
Mares Tail; Fireweed; Cote Soleil; Pilewort; Broomweed; Letron; Lechuguilla

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Use	Country/Region	Reference
Alterative	US	Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Alterative	Haiti	Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Anodyne	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.
Astringent	US	Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
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.