| Accepted name: |
Sium suave Walter |
| Synonym(s): |
-Sium latifolium L.
-Sium lineare Michx.
-Sium cicutaefolium Schrank
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| English names: |
Fragrant Water-parsnip
Hemlock Water-parsnip
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| French names: |
Berle douce
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Apiales
Family: Apiaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HSIUSU
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
- |
| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Infusion of smashed roots applied as poultice for pain from broken limb.Compound decoction of roots taken by women for epilepsy.Poultice of fried turnips applied to sprained muscles or out of joint limbs(*8)(3). |
| Key Characters: |
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