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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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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

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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
Purgative Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Purgative Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Purgative Elsewhere *
Purgative Guatemala Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Purgative Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Purgative Samoa *
Rheumatism Elsewhere *
Rheumatism Guatemala Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Ringworm Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Ringworm Java *
Ringworm Elsewhere *
Ringworm Ghana Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Ringworm Samoa *
Scabies Java *
Scurvy Central African Republic Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Shingles Ghana Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Skin Ghana Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Skin Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Skin Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Skin Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.