Ethnobotanical Plant Ecballium elaterium (Cucurbitaceae)
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Common name(s)
Cucumber,Squirting; Esekhiyari; Cohombrillo Amargo
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Total Uses: 8
Uses | Country/Region | Reference |
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Cancer | Greece | Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34. |
Cathartic | Elsewhere | * |
Cathartic | Turkey | Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam. |
Dropsy | Elsewhere | * |
Nephritis | Elsewhere | * |
Poison | Turkey | Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam. |
Purgative | Elsewhere | Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer. |
Purgative | Spain | Font Query, P. 1979. Plantas Medicinales el Dioscorides Renovado. Editorial Labor, S.A. Barcelona. 5th Ed. |
*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.