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

 Dracontium asperum (Araceae)

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Amenorrhea Brazil *
Antidote(Arrow poison) Guyana *
Antidote(Snake) Guyana *
Antidote(Spider) Guyana *
Antidote(Stingray) Guyana *
Asthma Brazil *
Asthma Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Bath Surinam *
Bite(Snake) Brazil *
Bite(Snake) Brazil Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Chlorosis Brazil *
Larvicide Brazil *
Pertussis Brazil *
*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.