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Ethnobotanical Plant Cassia alata

Common Name
Dartres; Ludanggan; Guajava; Daoen koepang; Fleur Palmiste; Ki manila; Ketepeng; Herbe A Dattes; Fleur Dartre; Ketepeng tijna; Fleurs Saint Christophe; Gelenggang; Ketepeng badak; Fleur St Christophe; Ketepeng kebo; Dates Jaunes; Date; Fleur A Dartres

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 Africa Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Abortifacient Ghana Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Ache(Stomach) Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Amygdalitis 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.
Antidote Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Ascites Ghana Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Asthma Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Bactericide Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Bactericide Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Bite(Snake) Samoa Duke, 1992 *
Bite(Snake) 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.
Bite(Snake) Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Bite(Snake) West Indies Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Bronchitis Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Constipation Malaya Duke, 1992 *
Craw-Craw Ghana Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Depurative 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.
Dhobi Itch Ghana Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Diarrhea Trinidad Duke, 1992 *