botanical record · discovered
Cranesbill
Geranium maculatum
Cranesbill · Spotted Crane's-bill · Spotted Geranium · Wild Crane's-bill · Wild Geranium · fläcknäva · géranium maculé · spotted crane's-bill · spotted geranium · wild crane's-bill · wild geranium · 斑点老鹳草
At a glance
Origin / distribution: Turkey, US(Amerindian), US, US(Appalachia), UK
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Astringent, Cancer, Diarrhea, Diuretic
Science studied: GALLIC-ACID, GUM, TANNINS, CALCIUM-OXALATE
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Geraniaceae
Scientific name: Geranium maculatum
Common names: Cranesbill, Spotted Crane's-bill, Spotted Geranium, Wild Crane's-bill, Wild Geranium, fläcknäva, géranium maculé, spotted crane's-bill, spotted geranium, wild crane's-bill, wild geranium, 斑点老鹳草
History
The source record documents this plant in Turkey, US(Amerindian), US, Elsewhere, US(Appalachia), UK.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Astringent
- Cancer
- Diarrhea
- Diuretic
- Dysentery
- Enterorrhagia
- Hemostat
- Medicine
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- Plague
- Poultice
- Sore(Throat)
- Swelling
- Tonic
- Vulnerary
- Wound
- Styptic
- Cholera
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- Turkey
- US(Amerindian)
- US
- Elsewhere
- US(Appalachia)
- UK
Documented cultural uses
- Astringent
- Cancer
- Diarrhea
- Diuretic
- Dysentery
- Enterorrhagia
- Hemostat
- Medicine
- Plague
- Poultice
- Sore(Throat)
- Swelling
show 5 more documented entries
- Tonic
- Vulnerary
- Wound
- Styptic
- Cholera
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific research
Indexed records indicate research activity; they do not establish efficacy or safety.
Indexed research records
- The Effects of Varying Nutrient Availability on Females and Hermaphrodites of the Gynodioecious Geranium maculatum · 2022 source ↗
- Females and hermaphrodites of the gynodioecious <i>Geranium maculatum</i> respond similarly to soil nutrient availability · 2020 source ↗
- Frequency-dependent pollinator discrimination acts against female plants in the gynodioecious Geranium maculatum. · 2014 source ↗
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- GALLIC-ACID
- GUM
- TANNINS
- CALCIUM-OXALATE
- RESIN
Legality
Country-specific legal status is not documented in this record.
Consult the CITES species checklist for international trade protections and listings. This is not a complete statement of local law.
Reference images
Sources
Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases · CC0
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy · CC BY 4.0
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CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
Contributions and revisions
No published revisions are documented for this record. Community submissions enter review and retain attribution before any published change.
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