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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
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 Duke, 1992 *
Purgative Trinidad Duke, 1992 *
Purgative Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Purgative Amboina Duke, 1992 *
Rheumatism Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Ringworm Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Ringworm Ghana Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Ringworm Samoa Duke, 1992 *
Scabies Java Duke, 1992 *
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 Samoa Duke, 1992 *
Skin Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
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.