Ethnobotanical Plant Dieffenbachia seguine | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Name

Mata Del Cancer; Dumbcane; Dicha

Activities

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Uses for this plant.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity	Country/Region	Reference
Angina	West Indies	Duke, 1992 *
Aphrodisiac	Cuba	Duke, 1992 *
Arrow	Brazil	Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Castration	Germany	Duke, 1992 *
Caustic	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Contraceptive	Dominica	Duke, 1992 *
Contraceptive	Santa Lucia	Duke, 1992 *
Contraceptive	Cuba	Duke, 1992 *
Contraceptive	Guadelupe	Duke, 1992 *
Contraceptive	Portorico	Duke, 1992 *
Corn	Cuba	Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cyanogenetic	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Dropsy	Wi(Carib)	Duke, 1992 *
Dysmenorrhea	West Indies	Duke, 1992 *
Edema	West Indies	Duke, 1992 *
Frigidity	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Gargle	West Indies	Duke, 1992 *
Homeopathy	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Homicide	Wi(Carib)	Duke, 1992 *
Impotency	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *