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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Cassia occidentalis

Common Name
Pois Piante; Kasiah; Wang Chiang Nan; Kachang kota; Menting; Sinamekki; Senting; Khiyar Shember; Shih Chueh Ming; Tlalhoaxin

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Activity Country/Region Reference
Guineaworms Ghana Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Heart Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Heart Trinidad *
Heart attack Trinidad *
Heart attack Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Hematuria Zaire Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Herpes China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Inflammation Gambia Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Inflammation Panama Gupta, M.P., et al. 1979. Ethnopharmacognostic observations on Panamanian medicinal plants. Part I. Quarterly journal of crude drug research 17(3-4):115-130.
Inflammation Trinidad *
Inflammation Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Insecticide Java *
Jaundice Ivory Coast Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Kidney Kenya Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Leprosy Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Leprosy Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Leprosy Upper Volta Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Liver Brazil Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Malaria Elsewhere *
Malaria Elsewhere *