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

 Malva parviflora (Malvaceae)

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Ache(Head) US Krochmal, Arnold and Connie. 1973. A guide to the medicinal plants of the United States. Quadrangle/The N.Y. Times Book Co.
Ache(Tooth) Sicily *
Adenopathy US Krochmal, Arnold and Connie. 1973. A guide to the medicinal plants of the United States. Quadrangle/The N.Y. Times Book Co.
Bladder Elsewhere *
Bones Lesotho Guillarmod, A.J. 1971. Flora of Lesotho (Basutoland). Verlag von J. Cramer, 3301 Lehre, Germany.
Bruise Elsewhere *
Bruise Lesotho Guillarmod, A.J. 1971. Flora of Lesotho (Basutoland). Verlag von J. Cramer, 3301 Lehre, Germany.
Cough Elsewhere *
Cough Sicily *
Demulcent Elsewhere *
Dysmenorrhea US Krochmal, Arnold and Connie. 1973. A guide to the medicinal plants of the United States. Quadrangle/The N.Y. Times Book Co.
Dyspepsia Sicily *
Emollient Sudan Broun, A.F., and R.E. Massey. 1929. Flora of the Sudan. The controller, Sudan Govt. Office, Wellington House, Buchingham Gate, London, S.W.I.
Emollient Elsewhere *
Fever US Krochmal, Arnold and Connie. 1973. A guide to the medicinal plants of the United States. Quadrangle/The N.Y. Times Book Co.
Glue Lesotho Guillarmod, A.J. 1971. Flora of Lesotho (Basutoland). Verlag von J. Cramer, 3301 Lehre, Germany.
Nerves Sicily *
Nervine South Africa *
Pectoral Elsewhere *
Pneumonia US Krochmal, Arnold and Connie. 1973. A guide to the medicinal plants of the United States. Quadrangle/The N.Y. Times Book Co.
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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.