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Ethnobotanical Plant Avicennia germinans

Common Name
Paletuvier

Activities

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
Poison Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Repellant(Insect) Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Rheumatism Bahamas Duke, 1992 *
Soap Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Swelling Bahamas Duke, 1992 *
Throat Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Tonic Haiti Brutus, T.C., and A.V. Pierce-Noel. 1960. Les Plantes et les Legumes d'Hati qui Guerissent. Imprimerie De L'Etat, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti.