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

 Lathyrus sativus (Fabaceae)

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Common name(s)
Burcak; Hurtuman; Cicercula; Gall

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List of Ethnobotany Plant
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Uses Country/Region Reference
Ache(Leg) India(Santal) *
Cacoethes Europe Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Dysentery India(Santal) *
Medicine Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Poison Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Poison Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Poison Kurdistan Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Stomach India(Santal) *
*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.