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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

 Euphorbia prostrata (Euphorbiaceae)

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Common name(s)
Golondrino; Yerba Golondrina

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List of Ethnobotany Plant
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Uses Country/Region Reference
Abscess Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Corn Venezuela Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Diarrhea Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Enteritis Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Excrescence Mexico Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Pimple Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Scorpion Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Tumor(Armpit) Venezuela Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
*Unless otherwise noted all references are to Duke, James A. 1992. Handbook of phytochemical constituents of GRAS herbs and other economic plants. Boca Raton, FL. CRC Press.