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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

U.S. Department of Agriculture

E Drymaria cordata (Caryophyllaceae) PDF

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Common name(s)
Ahuachpatli; Appetit Marron

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Use	Country/Region	Reference
Apertif	Haiti	Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Boil	Philippines(Ifugao)
Depurative	Elsewhere
Emollient	Haiti	Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Fever	Java
Fever	India
Laxative	Sumatra
Laxative	India
Medicine	Honduras	Standley, P.C. 1931. Flora of the Lancetilla Valley, Honduras. Pub. 283, Botanical Series, vol. X. Field Museum of Natl. History, Chicago.
Poultice	Philippines(Ifugao)
Stimulant	Haiti	Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Tumor	Mexico	Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.