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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Casimiroa edulis

Common Name
Cochitzapotl; Zapote Blanco; Wild Sapote; Weisse Sapote

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Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Analgesic Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Cancer Mexico Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Convulsion Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Diarrhea Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Diarrhea Elsewhere *
Fever Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Hypnotic Mexico Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Hypnotic Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Hypnotic Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Hypnotic Elsewhere *
Hypnotic Mexico Standley, P.C., and J.A. Steyermark. 1952. Flora of Guatemala. Fieldiana Botany, vol, 24, pt. 3. Museum of Natl. History, Chicago.
Nervine Latin America Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Poison Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Rheumatism Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Rheumatism Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Sedative Mexico Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Sedative Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Sedative Mexico Standley, P.C., and J.A. Steyermark. 1952. Flora of Guatemala. Fieldiana Botany, vol, 24, pt. 3. Museum of Natl. History, Chicago.
Sedative Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Soporific US Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.