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Mud Plantain
Alisma plantago-aquatica
Mud Plantain · Tse-Hsieh · Water Plantain · Ze-Xie · Alisma Plantain d'Eau · American waterplantain · Bağayarpağıyabənzər süsənbər · Common Water Plantain · Common Water-Plantain · Dathama · European water plantain · European water-plantain · Fluteau commun · Flûteau commun · Gemeiner Froschloeffel · Gemeiner Froschlöffel
At a glance
Origin / distribution: Egypt, China, Spain, Europe
Cultural traditions: not documented
Recorded uses: Astringent, Diuretic, Dysuria, Edema
Science studied: ACETYLALISOLS, ADENOSINE-5'-PHOSPHOSULFATE-SULFOTRANSFERASE, ALISMOL, ALISOL-A
Research volume: 0 indexed records · volume only · methodology ↗
Legal status: Varies by jurisdiction; not assessed in this record.
Names and identity
Family: Alismataceae
Scientific name: Alisma plantago-aquatica
Common names: Mud Plantain, Tse-Hsieh, Water Plantain, Ze-Xie, Alisma Plantain d'Eau, American waterplantain, Bağayarpağıyabənzər süsənbər, Common Water Plantain, Common Water-Plantain, Dathama, European water plantain, European water-plantain, Fluteau commun, Flûteau commun, Gemeiner Froschloeffel, Gemeiner Froschlöffel
History
The source record documents this plant in Egypt, China, Spain, Europe.
It records these historical or traditional applications:
- Astringent
- Diuretic
- Dysuria
- Edema
- Ejaculation
- Hypercholesterolemia
- Hyperglycemia
- Hypertension
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- Lactifuge
- Poison
- Tumor
- Venereal
- Vertigo
- Bactericide
- Cancer(Stomach)
- Leukemia
- Lumbago
- Nephritis
- Rabies
- Scurvy
This summary is limited to the cited source record.
Origins and distribution
- Egypt
- China
- Spain
- Europe
Documented cultural uses
- Astringent
- Diuretic
- Dysuria
- Edema
- Ejaculation
- Hypercholesterolemia
- Hyperglycemia
- Hypertension
- Lactifuge
- Poison
- Tumor
- Venereal
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- Vertigo
- Bactericide
- Cancer(Stomach)
- Leukemia
- Lumbago
- Nephritis
- Rabies
- Scurvy
Contemporary uses
Contemporary practice is not documented separately in this record.
Scientific compounds
Chemical presence is not evidence of clinical efficacy.
- ACETYLALISOLS
- ADENOSINE-5'-PHOSPHOSULFATE-SULFOTRANSFERASE
- ALISMOL
- ALISOL-A
- ALISOL-A-MONOACETATE
- ALISOL-B-MONOACETATE
- ALISOL-C
- ARABINOSE
- ARSENIC
- ASPARAGINE
- CHRYSOERIOL
- COPPER
- FAT
- FURFURALDEHYDE
- GUANIDINE
- LECITHIN
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- LIGNIN
- MAGNESIUM
- 16-BETA-METHOXYALISOL-B-MONOACETATE
- NICOTINIC-ACID
- PALMITIC-ACID
- PANTOTHENIC-ACID
- POTASSIUM
- PROTEIN
- PYRIDOXINE
- RAFFINOSE
- BETA-SITOSTEROL
- SODIUM
- STACHYOSE
- STEARIC-ACID
- SUCROSE
- TANNIN
- ZINC
- CALCIUM
- CYTIDINE
- D-FRUCTOSE
- D-GLUCOSE
- IRON
- LUTEOLIN
- ACETYLVALINE
- ALISMOXIDE
- ALISOL-B
- ALISOL-C-MONOACETATE
- CHOLINE
- EPIALISOL-A
- GALACTOSE
- 16-BETA-HYDROXYALISOL-B-MONOACETATE
- MERCURY
- OLEIC-ACID
- PHENOL
- PROANTHOCYANIDIN
- RUTIN
- SITOSTEROL-3-O-6-STEAROYL-BETA-D-GLUCOPYRANOSIDE
- VALINE
- MANGANESE
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
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