Croton texensis

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Croton texensis
Croton texensis male habitus1.jpg
Male plant
Status TNC G5.svg
Secure  (NatureServe) [1]
Scientific classification OOjs UI icon edit-ltr.svg
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Clade: Rosids
Order: Malpighiales
Family: Euphorbiaceae
Genus: Croton
Species:
C. texensis
Binomial name
Croton texensis

Croton texensis, commonly known as Texas croton, goat weed, skunk weed, and doveweed, is a species of plant found in the United States.

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Uses

Among the Zuni people, a decoction of the plant is taken for "sick stomach", as a purgative, and as a diuretic. [2] An infusion is also taken for stomachaches, for syphilis, and for gonorrhea. [3] The fresh or dried root is chewed by a medicine man before sucking snakebite and a poultice is applied to the wound. [4] The whole plant can be placed under the mattress or burned to repel bedbugs. [5]

References

  1. ↑ NatureServe (2024). "Croton texensis". Arlington, Virginia. Retrieved 10 April 2024.
  2. ↑ Stevenson, Matilda Coxe 1915 Ethnobotany of the Zuni Indians. SI-BAE Annual Report #30 (p.45)
  3. ↑ Camazine, Scott and Robert A. Bye 1980 A Study Of The Medical Ethnobotany Of The Zuni Indians of New Mexico. Journal of Ethnopharmacology 2:365-388 (p. 375)
  4. ↑ Camazine and Bye, p.376
  5. ↑ Moore, Michael (1977). Los Remedios de la Genta. p. 5.

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