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Date1775
AuthorAnon.
ContributionPlant Virola sp. used by natives of French Guiana to treat thrush.
ReferenceJoyce
NotesNo knowledge of fungal etiology. Under test in 1990s for antifungal activity. Apparently used by various indigenous peoples. Book by C. Joyce, 1994, p. 73, and Schultes quote p. 12.
CategoryMiscellany
Pathogen ClassFungi

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