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Chenopodium album. Huainanga. Fat-hen.

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Medicinal

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huainanga (Williams 1971)

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Leaves eaten like spinach (Many sources)

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Water drunk 3 times daily as a cure for boils and blood troubles (Adams 1945).

See Riley 1994 for information on medicinal uses of related plants elsewhere in the world.

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28 May 2007
30 October 2023
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