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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

U.S. Department of Agriculture

E Euphorbia corollata (Euphorbiaceae) PDF

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Common name(s)
American Spurge; Spurge,Blooming; Amerikanische Wolfsmilch; Amerikaanse Wolfmelk

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Use	Country/Region	Reference
Cathartic	US
Diaphoretic	US
Diaphoretic	US(Amerindian)	Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Emetic	German	Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Emetic	US
Emetic	Elsewhere	Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Expectorant	US(Amerindian)	Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Poison	US	Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Purgative	Dutch	Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Purgative	US(Appalachia)
Sudorific	US	Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Wart	US(PA)	Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.