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Ethnobotanical Plant Cassia tora

Common Name
Gelenggang kechil; Ts'Ao Chueh Ming; Gelenggang padang; Pistache Marron; Cassia,Foetid; Penitora; Brusca Cimarrona

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 Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Purgative China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Ringworm Malaya Duke, 1992 *
Ringworm Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Ringworm India Duke, 1992 *
Ringworm Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Scabies India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *
Skin India Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Skin Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Skin Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Skin Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Sore India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *
Sore China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Tumor India Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Tumor Sri Lanka Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Typhoid Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Ulcer Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Ulcer Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Vertigo China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Vertigo China Lost Crops of the Incas.