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

 Desmodium canum (Fabaceae)

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List of Ethnobotany Plant
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Uses Country/Region Reference
Anodyne Bahamas *
Cystitis Trinidad *
Cystitis Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Depurative Trinidad *
Depurative Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Fever Trinidad *
Fever Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Metroxenia Bahamas *
Oliguria Trinidad *
Oliguria Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Parturition Bahamas *
*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.