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

 Argemone platyceras (Papaveraceae)

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Common name(s)
Cardosanto

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List of Ethnobotany Plant
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Uses Country/Region Reference
Anodyne Mexico(Seri) *
Cancer Venezuela Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cancer Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Depurative Mexico(Seri) *
Depurative Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Emetic Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Emmenagogue Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Hemostat Mexico(Seri) *
Kidney Mexico(Seri) *
Placenta Mexico(Seri) *
Puerperium Mexico(Seri) *
Sudorific Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Vulnerary Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
*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.