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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

U.S. Department of Agriculture

E Platanus occidentalis (Platanaceae) PDF

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Common name(s)
Sycamore; Platano; Button Tree

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Total Uses: 7

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Use	Country/Region	Reference
Cancer	US(WV)	Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cyanogenetic	US
Emmenagogue	Mexico(Kickapoo)
Fever	US	Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Gunshot	Mexico(Kickapoo)
Tonic	Italian	Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Wound	Mexico(Kickapoo)