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

 Wigandia caracasana (Hydrophyllaceae)

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List of Ethnobotany Plant
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Uses Country/Region Reference
Diaphoretic Elsewhere *
Diarrhea Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Dysentery Elsewhere *
Itch Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Rheumatism Elsewhere *
Sudorific Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Tenesmus Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
*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.