| Accepted name: |
Actaea racemosa L. |
| Synonym(s): |
-Actaea monogyna Walter
-Actaea racemosa L. var. racemosa
-Cimicifuga racemosa (L.) Nutt.
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| English names: |
Black Cohosh
Black Snakeroot
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Ranunculaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HACTRA
(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: |
Used in snake bites and for bronchitis, tongue cancer, malaria, rheumatism, as a sedative and for yellow fever(2). |
| Key Characters: |
- |
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