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Ethnobotanical Plant Bryophyllum pinnatum

Common Name
Tope-Tope; Bunitiris; Sedingin; Loup Garou; Loup-Garou; Yerba Bruja; L'Ane Blanc; Ganti batang; Sanglou; Higuey; Suru bebek; Kerenchong; Febrivier; Feuilles Sorcier; Bruja; Z'Herbe Mal Tete; Daun sejuk; Seringin; Feuilles Loup-Garou

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
Ache(Ear) Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Ache(Head) Malaya Duke, 1992 *
Ache(Head) Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Ague Singapore Duke, 1992 *
Anodyne Malaya Duke, 1992 *
Antiseptic Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Antiseptic 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.
Bactericide Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Bactericide Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Bactericide Elsewhere Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Boil Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Boil Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Bruise Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Cancer Philippines Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cicatrizant 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.
Cold Africa Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Cold(Head) Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Colic Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Conjunctivitis Java Duke, 1992 *
Cough Malaya Duke, 1992 *