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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

U.S. Department of Agriculture

E Strychnos colubrina (Loganiaceae) PDF

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Common name(s)
Snakeroot; Snakewood; L.

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Total Uses: 11

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Use	Country/Region	Reference
Arrow-poison	Semijo akar
Dyspepsia	India	Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Dyspepsia	Elsewhere
Fever	Elsewhere
Malaria	Elsewhere
Malaria	India	Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Purgative	Elsewhere
Rheumatism	Elsewhere
Skin	Elsewhere
Tumor	India	Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Tumor	Elsewhere