Ethnobotanical Plant Spinacia oleracea (Chenopodiaceae)
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Common name(s)
Ispanak; Epinard; Espinaca; Ispinakh; Po Leng Ts'Ai; Spinagh; Po Ssu Ts'Ao; Spinach; Po Ts'Ai; Ch'Ih Ken Ts'Ai
Data Views
Total Uses: 24
Uses | Country/Region | Reference |
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Anemia | 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. |
Antivinous | China | Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco. |
Astringent | Turkey | Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam. |
Bactericide | Elsewhere | * |
Bowel | Elsewhere | * |
Bowel | Iraq | Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects. |
Carminative | China | Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco. |
Demulcent | Elsewhere | * |
Demulcent | Turkey | Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam. |
Depurative | 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. |
Depurative | Dominican Republic | Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo. |
Diuretic | Elsewhere | * |
Diuretic | Turkey | Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam. |
Fatigue | 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. |
Fever | Elsewhere | * |
Inflammation | Elsewhere | * |
Inflammation | Iraq | Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects. |
Laxative | Turkey | Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam. |
Rachitis | 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. |
Refrigerant | China | Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco. |
*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.