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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

U.S. Department of Agriculture

E Argemone platyceras (Papaveraceae) PDF

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Common name(s)
Cardosanto

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Total Uses: 13

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Use	Country/Region	Reference
Anodyne	Mexico(Seri)
Cancer	Venezuela	Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cancer	Venezuela	Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Depurative	Venezuela	Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Depurative	Mexico(Seri)
Emetic	Venezuela	Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Emmenagogue	Venezuela	Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Hemostat	Mexico(Seri)
Kidney	Mexico(Seri)
Placenta	Mexico(Seri)
Puerperium	Mexico(Seri)
Sudorific	Venezuela	Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Vulnerary	Venezuela	Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.