PLANT:
Submited by: Entered at MAICh
ACCEPTED PLANT NAME:
Malva nicaeensis
All.
PLANT NAME IN MEDUSA DATA BASE:
2423 Malva nicaeensis
All. 91B034-90C097 Turkey Native to the Mediterranean
TAXONOMIC SOURCE:
COMMON NAME(S):
Ebegumeci, komec
CONSERVATION INFORMATION:
IUCN
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USES:
- medicine
- SPECIFIC USE INFORMATION:
- Disorders treated:
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- pain mental disorders digestive system disorders
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- digestive system disorders;
pain;
digestive system disorders;
pain;
- Vertebrates treated:
- Mammals Primates
- PLANT PARTS AND RELATED CHEMISTRY:
- Leaves Young Leaves Old Leaves
- GEOGRAPHY OF USE:
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- ADDITIONAL USE INFORMATION:
- Local:
- Herbs are boiled to obtain a poultice and mixed with flour and spread on a piece of clothe. Then, pine tar is spread on the blister and applied on the abdomen against abdominal pain and stomach disorders. Decoction of the herb can be used as tea for the same purpose.
- Yesilada E., Honda G., Sezik E., Tabata M., Fujita T., Tanaka T., Takeda Y and Takaishi Y. Traditional medicine in Turkey. V. Folk medicine int he inner Taurus Mountains. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 1995, 46: 133-152.
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