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Ethnobotanical Plant Avicennia nitida

Common Name
Mangle Prieto

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
Diarrhea Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Piles Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Tumor Cuba Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Tumor Philippines Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Wound Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.