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

 Chondrodendron tomentosum (Menispermaceae)

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Common name(s)
Pareira; Grieswurzel; Pareira Brava; Curare; Vigne Sauvage

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Antiseptic French Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Aperient German Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Diuretic German Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Diuretic Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Fever Spanish Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Poison South America Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977
Poison US Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Poison(Arrow) Brazil Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Poison(Arrow) Peru Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Poison(Arrow) Venezuela Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Tonic Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Tonic German Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
*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.