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Moonseed
Menispermum canadense
Moonseed · Bamakwit Wabigons · Canada moonseed · Canadian moonseed · Common moonseed (EN) · Kanadischer Mondsame (DE) · Mondsame · amerikansk månfröranka · common moonseed · kanada kilplehik · kanadamånefrø · kanadankilpikierto · lunoplod kanadský · mesiačik kanadský · moonseed · moonseed vine
At a glance
Origin / distribution: US, French, English, US(Appalachia), Dutch, German, Mexico
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Alterative, Cyanogenetic, Debility, Diuretic
Science studied: ACUTIMIDINE, ACUTIMINE, DAURICINE, DAURINOLINE
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Menispermaceae
Scientific name: Menispermum canadense
Common names: Moonseed, Bamakwit Wabigons, Canada moonseed, Canadian moonseed, Common moonseed (EN), Kanadischer Mondsame (DE), Mondsame, amerikansk månfröranka, common moonseed, kanada kilplehik, kanadamånefrø, kanadankilpikierto, lunoplod kanadský, mesiačik kanadský, moonseed, moonseed vine
POWO: 581040-1 · WCVP June 2026 / POWO backbone
History
The source record documents this plant in US, French, English, US(Appalachia), Dutch, German, Mexico.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Alterative
- Cyanogenetic
- Debility
- Diuretic
- Gout
- Laxative
- Medicine
- Nervine
show 8 more documented entries
- Poison
- Stomachic
- Sudorific
- Syphilis
- Tonic
- Venereal
- Skin
- Scrofula
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- US
- French
- English
- US(Appalachia)
- Dutch
- German
- Mexico
Documented cultural uses
- Alterative
- Cyanogenetic
- Debility
- Diuretic
- Gout
- Laxative
- Medicine
- Nervine
- Poison
- Stomachic
- Sudorific
- Syphilis
show 4 more documented entries
- Tonic
- Venereal
- Skin
- Scrofula
Cultural record detail
These entries are transcribed from the cited ethnobotanical source; they do not represent current advice or a claim of efficacy.
- Alterative · US · "
- Alterative · French · "
- Cyanogenetic · US · "
- Debility · US · "
- Diuretic · US · "
- Gout · US · "
- Laxative · English · "
- Medicine · US(Appalachia) · "
- Nervine · English · "
- Poison · US · "
- Stomachic · English · "
- Sudorific · Dutch · "
- Syphilis · US · "
- Tonic · US · "
- Tonic · German · "
- Venereal · Mexico · "
- Skin · US · "
- Tonic · Mexico · "
- Diuretic · English · "
- Laxative · US · "
- Scrofula · US(Appalachia) · "
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
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- ACUTIMIDINE
- ACUTIMINE
- DAURICINE
- DAURINOLINE
- FAT
- MAGNOFLORINE
- N-METHYLINDCARPINMETHIODIDE
- VIBURNITOL
- N-DESMETHYLDAURICIN
- BERBERINE
- DEHYDROCHEILANTHIFOLIN
- TETRANDRINE
- PROTEIN
Legality
No exact international trade listing was returned by the CITES checklist for this accepted name. Country-specific law is not assessed here.
Consult the CITES species checklist for current international and national requirements.
Reference images
Sources
Plants of the World Online (POWO) · Kew data terms; cite POWO/WCVP
World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP) · CC BY 3.0
show claim source mapping
- identity · DH-SRC-0030
- documented_uses · DH-SRC-0030
- compounds · DH-SRC-0030
- taxonomy · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- common_names · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- countries · DH-SRC-GBIF · source ↗
- wfo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0003 · source ↗
- cultural_records · DH-SRC-0030 · source ↗
- powo_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0001 · source ↗
- wcvp_taxonomy · DH-SRC-0002 · source ↗
CC0 · Dr. Duke raw CSV archive
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