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Ethnobotanical Plant Caesalpinia pulcherrima

Common Name
Francillade; Chana; Jambul merak (peacock feather); Feng Huang Ch'Ang; Parak kegel; Cacalaca; Patra mengala; Poincillade; Clavellina

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
Abortifacient Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Abortifacient Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Astringent Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Bechic Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Catarrh Java Duke, 1992 *
Cathartic Samoa Duke, 1992 *
Cold Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Convulsion Java Duke, 1992 *
Cough Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Cough Malaya Duke, 1992 *
Cough Mexico Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Diarrhea Java Duke, 1992 *
Emmenagogue Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Emmenagogue Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Emmenagogue Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Epilepsy Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Erysipelas Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Erysipelas Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Fever Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *