| Accepted name: |
Menispermum canadense L. |
| Synonym(s): |
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| English names: |
Moonseed
Yellow Parilla
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| French names: |
Ménisperme du Canada
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| Classification: |
Kingdom: Plantae
Divison: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Ranunculales
Family: Menispermaceae
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| OPL Code: |
HMENCA
(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: |
Taken for weak stomachs and bowels. Root used for skin diseases. Taken by "weakly females." Root used as a laxative. Taken for venereal diseases and as a laxative(*7)(3). |
| Key Characters: |
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