- Also known as (or relevant to)
- Family
- Araceae
- English Names
- Cuckoopint
- Lord-and-Ladies
- Starchwort
- Ramp
- Calf's foot
- Natural Habitat
- Europe (including Great Britain)
- Mediterranean countries
- Part(s) Used
- Herba Aronis
- Radix Aronis = Tubera Ari
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- Constituent(s)
- root: starch
- saponin
- bassorin
- fatty oil
- aroin
- aronine
- cyanhydric acid
- Action
- root: sudorific
- expectorant
- stomachic
- tonic
- toxic; in days of famine
- the roots can be made into bread (by boiling the roots
- the poisonous properties are destroyed). The seeds are poisonous
- and are nevertheless eaten by certain birds
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