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Cycas circinalisdocumented forSkin cancer

An integumentary system cancer located_in the skin that is the uncontrolled growth of abnormal skin cells.

PlantCycas circinalis Documented useSkin cancer Preparation layer0 connected
What it was documented for

Skin cancer

An integumentary system cancer located_in the skin that is the uncontrolled growth of abnormal skin cells.

Use groupSkin, wounds & external care
Term typeCondition Or Symptom
Original source labelCancer(Skin)?
Modern vocabulary matchskin cancer ↗

The database says that a source associated a plant with the label “Skin cancer”. It does not show that the source used modern diagnostic criteria or that the plant was effective.

The plain-language definition is anchored to an exact Disease Ontology term. The historical use association remains a separate data claim.

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Plant context

Cycas circinalis

Scientific nameCycas circinalis
AuthorshipCycas circinalis L.
FamilyCycadaceae
Taxonomy linkMatched to herbarium
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Documentation depth

Where the association appears.

Tenassarim
View 1 preserved source rows

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RegionReference labelSource row
TenassarimBurkill,1966#66,367
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Dataset provenance

USDA Dr. Duke ethnobotanical data

The plant–use association and source rows come from the USDA Dr. Duke database. Holistic Healing Tips adds taxonomy matching, readable vocabulary profiles, internal preparation links and visible interpretation boundaries.

Dataset version: 1992–2016 · Licence: CC0 · Record class: traditional use

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