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

 Parthenium hysterophorus (Asteraceae)

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Common name(s)
Escoba De Puerco; Yerba Amarga; Balai Amer; Feuilles Bouton; Baille Lame; Absinthe Marron; Absynthe Batarde; Escoba Amarga; Friega Platos; Escobita Amarga; Parthene Multifide

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Abscess Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Ache(Back) Bahamas *
Ache(Head) Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Analgesic Elsewhere *
Analgesic Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Analgesic Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Antiseptic 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.
Apertif Mexico Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Arthritis Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Cachexia Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Carminative Bahamas *
Cataplasm Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Cephalgia Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Chest Bahamas *
Cold Bahamas *
Depurative Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Dysentery US(Koasati) Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Dysentery Elsewhere *
Emmenagogue Elsewhere *
Fever Dominica Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
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*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.