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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Bursera simaruba

Common Name
Bois D'Encens; Indio Desnudo; Gommier Blanc; Jobo; Chique; Almacigo; Gommier Rouge; Almacigo Colorado; Almacigo Blanco; Fragon Caranne

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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
Rheumatism Salvador Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Sore 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.
Stomach Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Strain Bahamas *
Swelling Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Tumor West Indies Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Venereal Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Venereal Elsewhere *
Venereal Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Vulnerary 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.
Vulnerary Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Wound Elsewhere *
Yellow Fever Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.