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

 Delphinium ajacis (Ranunculaceae)

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Common name(s)
Lisan Al Asfur; European Larkspur; Lisan Tl Tair

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List of Ethnobotany Plant
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Uses Country/Region Reference
Ache(Tooth) Guatemala Standley, P.C., and J.A. Steyermark. 1952. Flora of Guatemala. Fieldiana Botany, vol, 24, pt. 3. Museum of Natl. History, Chicago.
Insecticide Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Parasiticide Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Pediculicide Elsewhere *
Pediculicide Guatemala Standley, P.C., and J.A. Steyermark. 1952. Flora of Guatemala. Fieldiana Botany, vol, 24, pt. 3. Museum of Natl. History, Chicago.
Pediculicide Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Poison US Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977
Poison Elsewhere *
Tincture Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
*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.