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

 Tagetes minuta (Asteraceae)

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Common name(s)
Dwarf Marigold; Chinchilla

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Aperient Peru *
Bedbug Lesotho Guillarmod, A.J. 1971. Flora of Lesotho (Basutoland). Verlag von J. Cramer, 3301 Lehre, Germany.
Bronchodilator Elsewhere *
Carminative Latin America Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Diaphoretic Latin America Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Diaphoretic Elsewhere *
Diaphoretic Elsewhere *
Diaphoretic Argentina *
Diuretic Latin America Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Diuretic Elsewhere *
Dyspepsia Elsewhere *
Emmenagogue Argentina *
Fumigant Lesotho Guillarmod, A.J. 1971. Flora of Lesotho (Basutoland). Verlag von J. Cramer, 3301 Lehre, Germany.
Fungicide Spain Font Query, P. 1979. Plantas Medicinales el Dioscorides Renovado. Editorial Labor, S.A. Barcelona. 5th Ed.
Gastritis Africa *
Hypertension Elsewhere *
Hysteria Argentina *
Inflammation Elsewhere *
Larvicide Southafrica *
Larvicide Latin America Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
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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.