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

 Passiflora foetida (Passifloraceae)

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Common name(s)
Gouave; Timun dendang (Raven's cucumbe; Marigouya

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Uses Country/Region Reference
Amygdalitis Haiti Brutus, T.C., and A.V. Pierce-Noel. 1960. Les Plantes et les Legumes d'Hati qui Guerissent. Imprimerie De L'Etat, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti.
Asthma Elsewhere *
Bilious Elsewhere *
Cold Trinidad *
Cold Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Cough Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Cough Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Cough Trinidad *
Cyanogenetic Elsewhere *
Cyanogenetic Elsewhere *
Depurative Trinidad *
Depurative Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Emetic Elsewhere *
Emmenagogue Elsewhere *
Emmenagogue Cuba *
Emmenagogue Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Heat rash Curacao *
Hysteria Elsewhere *
Hysteria Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Inflammation Curacao *
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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.