Ethnobotany of Pru, A Traditional Cuban Refreshment
Ethnobotany of Pru, A Traditional Cuban Refreshment
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Heidelberg: The New York Botanical Garden Press
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English
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Heidelberg: The New York Botanical Garden Press
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Gouania polygama (Jacq.) Urban, Smilax domingensis Willd., and Pimenta dioica Merr., are three species widely used within Cuban ethnobotanical traditions and practices. Pru is a traditional refreshment and medicinal drink produced by their decoction and fermentation with sugar. It is claimed to have hypotensive, stomachic, depurative, and diuretic...
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Ethnobotany of Pru, A Traditional Cuban Refreshment
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TN_cdi_wageningen_narcis_oai_library_wur_nl_wurpubs_356975
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/TN_cdi_wageningen_narcis_oai_library_wur_nl_wurpubs_356975
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0013-0001
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1874-9364
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10.1663/0013-0001(2004)058[0381:EOPATC]2.0.CO;2
