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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Annona squamosa

Common Name
Shurifa; Srikaya; Candongo; Cachiman Canelle; Cachiment Cenelle; Cachiman; Zuckerapfel; Surikaya; Serkaya; Anon; Pomme De Canelle; Custard Apple; Sugar Apple; Pommier De Canelle; Sweetsop; Kaneelappel; Cachiment Cannelle; Pomme-Cannelle

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Uses for this plant.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Pectoral Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Pediculicide Java *
Pediculicide Elsewhere *
Pediculicide Elsewhere *
Purgative Elsewhere *
Purgative Venezuela Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Repellant(Insect) Guatemala Standley, P.C., and J.A. Steyermark. 1952. Flora of Guatemala. Fieldiana Botany, vol, 24, pt. 3. Museum of Natl. History, Chicago.
Rheumatism India(Santal) *
Soporific Elsewhere *
Spasm Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Stomachic Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Suppurative Elsewhere *
Tonic Arabic Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Tumor India Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Tumor Cuba Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Tumor Jamaica Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Tumor Gabon Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Vermifuge Panama Gupta, M.P., et al. 1979. Ethnopharmacognostic observations on Panamanian medicinal plants. Part I. Quarterly journal of crude drug research 17(3-4):115-130.
Vermifuge Dutch Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.