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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

U.S. Department of Agriculture

E Pothomorphe peltata (Piperaceae) PDF

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Common name(s)
Yagrumo; Feuilles A Coeur; Fait Collet; Collet A Dame; Broquelejo

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Total Uses: 18

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Use	Country/Region	Reference
Abscess	Haiti	Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Ache(Head)	Trinidad	Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Ache(Tooth)	Brazil	Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Anodyne	Elsewhere
Burn	Haiti	Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Cataplasm	Panama(Choco)
Cold	Panama(Cuna)
Diuretic	Dominican Republic	Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Erysipelas	Elsewhere
Leishmanniasis	Elsewhere
Liver	Dominican Republic	Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Medicine	Panama(Choco)
Pediculicide	Panama(Cuna)
Repellant(Tick)	Elsewhere
Sore	Elsewhere
Sudorific	Elsewhere
Swelling	Brazil	Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Urethritis	Haiti	Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.