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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

U.S. Department of Agriculture

E Jatropha urens (Euphorbiaceae) PDF

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Common name(s)
Nettle,White; Queimadeira

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Total Uses: 13

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Use	Country/Region	Reference
Bladder	Venezuela	Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Diuretic	Elsewhere
Gall	Elsewhere
Hydropsy	Brazil	Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Kidney	Elsewhere
Leucorrhea	Venezuela	Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Lithontriptic	Elsewhere
Metroxenia	Venezuela	Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Sore	US(Amerindian)	Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Stone	Venezuela	Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Venereal	Mexico	Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Venereal	Venezuela	Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Wart	Brazil	Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.