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

 Rivea corymbosa (Convolvulaceae)

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Common name(s)
Ololiuqui

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List of Ethnobotany Plant
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Uses Country/Region Reference
Carminative Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Contraceptive Elsewhere *
Diuretic Mexico(Maya) *
Divination Mexico *
Divination Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Evil eye Mexico *
Fear Mexico *
Hallucinogen Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Hallucinogen Elsewhere *
Narcotic Elsewhere *
Narcotic Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Narcotic Elsewhere *
Narcotic Mexico Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Parturition Elsewhere *
Psychomimetic Mexico(Aztec) *
Sore Guatemala *
Swelling Mexico *
Syphilis Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Tumor Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
*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.