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

 Taxus baccata (Taxaceae)

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Common name(s)
Porsuk Agaci; Seiyo-Itii; Taxo; Tejo; English Yew; Talisa

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List of Ethnobotany Plant
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Uses Country/Region Reference
Abortifacient Elsewhere *
Ache(Head) Elsewhere *
Antifertility Elsewhere *
Bilious Elsewhere *
Calculus Elsewhere *
Cancer India Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Carminative Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Contraceptive Elsewhere *
Contraceptive India *
Cyanogenetic Elsewhere *
Cyanogenetic US *
Debility Elsewhere *
Dentifrice Elsewhere *
Emmenagogue Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Emmenagogue Elsewhere *
Emmenagogue Elsewhere ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Epilepsy Elsewhere *
Expectorant Elsewhere *
Expectorant Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Giddiness Elsewhere *
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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.