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Ethnobotanical Plant Caesalpinia crista

Common Name
Ouary

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(Tooth) Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Antiperiodic Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Bite(Snake) Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Colic Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Colic India Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Collyrium Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Congestion Hawaii Duke, 1992 *
Convulsion Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Cosmetic Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Depurative Hawaii Duke, 1992 *
Dropsy Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Ear Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Emmenagogue Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Emollient Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Fever Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Fever Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Fever Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Gonorrhea 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.
Hydrocoele India Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Hydrocoele Samoa Duke, 1992 *