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

 Triosteum perfoliatum (Caprifoliaceae)

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Common name(s)
Tinker'S Weed; Ipecacuanha Sauvage; Horse Gentian; Wilde Ipecacuanha

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List of Ethnobotany Plant
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Uses Country/Region Reference
Cathartic US *
Coffee US *
Coffee US(Appalachia) *
Coffee US Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Emetic French Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Emetic US *
Emetic US(Appalachia) *
Felon US(Onondaga) *
Fever English Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Fever US(Cherokee) *
Fever US *
Laxative German Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Sudorific Dutch Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
*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.