Croton texensis
| Croton texensis | |
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| Male plant | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Clade: | Rosids |
| Order: | Malpighiales |
| Family: | Euphorbiaceae |
| Genus: | Croton |
| Species: | C. texensis
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| Binomial name | |
| Croton texensis | |
Croton texensis, commonly known as Texas croton, goat weed, skunk weed, and doveweed, is a species of plant found in the United States.
Uses
[edit]Among the Zuni people, a decoction of the plant is taken for "sick stomach", as a purgative, and as a diuretic.[2] An infusion is also taken for stomachaches, for syphilis, and for gonorrhea.[3] The fresh or dried root is chewed by a medicine man before sucking snakebite and a poultice is applied to the wound.[4] The whole plant can be placed under the mattress or burned to repel bedbugs.[5]
References
[edit]- ^ NatureServe (2024). "Croton texensis". Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
- ^ Stevenson, Matilda Coxe 1915 Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians. SI-BAE Annual Report #30 (p.45)
- ^ Camazine, Scott and Robert A. Bye 1980 A Study Of The Medical Ethnobotany Of The Zuni Indians of New Mexico. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 2:365-388 (p. 375)
- ^ Camazine and Bye, p.376
- ^ Moore, Michael (1977). Los Remedios de la Genta. p. 5.
External links
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