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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

U.S. Department of Agriculture

E Triosteum perfoliatum (Caprifoliaceae) PDF

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Common name(s)
Tinker'S Weed; Wilde Ipecacuanha; Ipecacuanha Sauvage; Horse Gentian

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Total Uses: 13

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Use	Country/Region	Reference
Cathartic	US
Coffee	US
Coffee	US	Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Coffee	US(Appalachia)
Emetic	US(Appalachia)
Emetic	US
Emetic	French	Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Felon	US(Onondaga)
Fever	US(Cherokee)
Fever	US
Fever	English	Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Laxative	German	Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Sudorific	Dutch	Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.