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

 Cissampelos pareira (Menispermaceae)

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Common name(s)
Aristoloche Lobee; Feuille Coeur; Bejuco De Raton; Liane Patte Cheval; Gasing-gasing

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List of Ethnobotany Plant
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Uses Country/Region Reference
Ache(Stomach) India(Santal) *
Anecbolic Elsewhere *
Antidote Guatemala Standley, P.C., and J.A. Steyermark. 1952. Flora of Guatemala. Fieldiana Botany, vol, 24, pt. 3. Museum of Natl. History, Chicago.
Antiecbolic Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Asthma Elsewhere *
Bite(Dog) India(Santal) *
Bite(Snake) Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Bite(Snake) Mexico(Chinantec) Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Bite(Snake) Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Bite(Snake) Guatemala Standley, P.C., and J.A. Steyermark. 1952. Flora of Guatemala. Fieldiana Botany, vol, 24, pt. 3. Museum of Natl. History, Chicago.
Bite(Snake) Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Bite(Snake) Mexico(Chinantec) *
Bite(Snake) Panama(Choco) *
Bite(Snake) Elsewhere *
Bite(Snake) Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Bladder Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Bladder Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Boil Trinidad *
Boil Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Boil India *
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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.