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

 Tagetes erecta (Asteraceae)

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Common name(s)
Big Marigold; Souci; Fleurs Souci; Chambergo; Clavel De Los Muertos

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Amenorrhea Panama Gupta, M.P., et al. 1979. Ethnopharmacognostic observations on Panamanian medicinal plants. Part I. Quarterly journal of crude drug research 17(3-4):115-130.
Anodyne Brazil *
Anodyne Elsewhere *
Anodyne Panama Gupta, M.P., et al. 1979. Ethnopharmacognostic observations on Panamanian medicinal plants. Part I. Quarterly journal of crude drug research 17(3-4):115-130.
Bactericide Elsewhere *
Boil India *
Bronchitis Brazil *
Bronchitis Elsewhere *
Cachexia Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Carbuncle India *
Carminative Mexico *
Cold Elsewhere *
Cold China Leung, Albert Y. 1980. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients. John Wiley and Sons, N.Y.
Cold Mexico *
Colic US Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Colic Mexico *
Colic Panama Gupta, M.P., et al. 1979. Ethnopharmacognostic observations on Panamanian medicinal plants. Part I. Quarterly journal of crude drug research 17(3-4):115-130.
Colic Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Conjunctivitis China Leung, Albert Y. 1980. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients. John Wiley and Sons, N.Y.
Cough China Leung, Albert Y. 1980. Encyclopedia of common natural ingredients. John Wiley and Sons, N.Y.
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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.