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Cassia tora

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

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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 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 India *
Ringworm Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Ringworm Malaya *
Ringworm Elsewhere *
Scabies India(Santal) *
Skin Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Skin Elsewhere *
Skin Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Skin India Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Sore India(Santal) *
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 *
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.