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Medicinal
E. foetidum has a wide range of ethnomedicinal uses including treatment for burns, earache, fevers, hypertension, constipation, fits, asthma, stomach ache, worms, infertility complications, snake bites, diarrhea and malaria.
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Eryngium foetidum L.
Family: APIACEAEGenus: Eryngium
Species: foetidum L.
Common names: Spirit weed
Distribution summary: Mexico to Tropical America
Habit: Biennial
Hardiness: H1a - Heated greenhouse; tropical
Garden status: Currently grown
Garden location: Plants in pots (POT)
Reason for growing: Medicinal