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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Ethnobotanical Plant Abrus precatorius

Common Name
To-Azuki, Graines Reglisse, Rakat, Reglisse, Hung Tou, Rosary Pea, Cain Ghe, Peonia, Hint Meyankoku, Paternoster, Ma Liao Tou, Pois Rouge, Paratella, Liane Reglisse, Weesboontje, Peonia De St Tomas, Jequerit, Gunchi

Activities

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Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Abortifacient Elsewhere *
Ache(Head) Elsewhere *
Anodyne Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Anodyne India(Santal) *
Antidote Elsewhere ANON. 1978. List of Plants. Kyoto Herbal Garden, Parmacognostic Research Lab., Central Research Division, Takeda Chem. Industries, Ltd., Ichijoji, Sakyoku, Kyoto, Japan.
Aphrodisiac Upper Volta Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Aphrodisiac Elsewhere *
Bilious Upper Volta Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Bite(Snake) Ghana Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Bladder Arabic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Bladder Arabic Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Blennorrhagia Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Boil Africa(Yoruba) Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Cancer New Caledonia Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cancer Italy Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Chest Africa Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Chest Africa(Zulu) Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Chest Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Chest Trinidad *
CNS sedative Ghana Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.