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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

U.S. Department of Agriculture

E Chondrodendron tomentosum (Menispermaceae) PDF

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Common name(s)
Curare; Grieswurzel; Pareira Brava; Vigne Sauvage; Pareira

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