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

 Jatropha urens (Euphorbiaceae)

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Common name(s)
Nettle,White; Queimadeira

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List of Ethnobotany Plant
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Uses Country/Region Reference
Bladder Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Diuretic Elsewhere *
Gall Elsewhere *
Hydropsy Brazil Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Kidney Elsewhere *
Leucorrhea Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Lithontriptic Elsewhere *
Metroxenia Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Sore US(Amerindian) Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Stone Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Venereal Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Venereal Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Wart Brazil Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
*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.