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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

U.S. Department of Agriculture

E Xanthosoma sagittifolium (Araceae) PDF

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Common name(s)
Ocumo; Pediveau Sagitte; Malanga

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Total Uses: 8

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Use	Country/Region	Reference
Analeptic	Haiti	Brutus, T.C., and A.V. Pierce-Noel. 1960. Les Plantes et les Legumes d'Hati qui Guerissent. Imprimerie De L'Etat, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti.
Burn	Haiti	Brutus, T.C., and A.V. Pierce-Noel. 1960. Les Plantes et les Legumes d'Hati qui Guerissent. Imprimerie De L'Etat, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti.
Cancer(Nose)	Venezuela	Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cicatrizant	Haiti	Brutus, T.C., and A.V. Pierce-Noel. 1960. Les Plantes et les Legumes d'Hati qui Guerissent. Imprimerie De L'Etat, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti.
Medicine	Venezuela	Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Polyp(Nose)	West Indies	Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Sore	Haiti	Brutus, T.C., and A.V. Pierce-Noel. 1960. Les Plantes et les Legumes d'Hati qui Guerissent. Imprimerie De L'Etat, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti.
Tumor	West Indies	Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.