| Accepted name: |
Ranunculus repens L. |
| Synonym(s): |
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| English names: |
Creeping Buttercup
Gold-balls
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| French names: |
Renoncule rampante
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Ranunculaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HRANRE
(to track OPL, Newmaster et al. 1998) |
| Lifeform: |
2 |
| Lifecycle: |
P |
| Source database: |
FOIBIS, June 2005-2012 |
| Floristic Affinities: |
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| Distribution: |
-
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| Ecosystem: |
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| Microhabitat: |
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| Ethnobotanical Notes: |
Poultice of chewed leaves used for muscular aches and rheumatic pains. Poultice of chewed leaves used for sores.
Three or four leaves eaten to help heal the insides after childbirth. Chewed leaves swallowed for general sickness(*81)(3). |
| Key Characters: |
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