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Catharanthus roseus

Common Name
Chawa Pshila; Rattanjot; Adorna Patio; Catalana; Soldier'S Palm; Cangrejera; Libertine; A'In Al Bazzun; Fleur Des Meres; Dominica; Coneja; Madagascar Periwinkle; Flor Boba; Fleurs Des Roches; Periwinkle; Gezayir Benefshesi; Mujer Vegana

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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
Menorrhagia Elsewhere *
Oliguria Trinidad *
Oncolytic Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Ophthalmia Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Poison Elsewhere *
Poison Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977
Poison Spanish Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Polyuria Elsewhere *
Purgative Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Purgative Madagascar Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Purgative Elsewhere *
Purgative Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Sedative Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Sedative Elsewhere *
Sedative Elsewhere *
Sore(Throat) Honduras Standley, P.C. 1931. Flora of the Lancetilla Valley, Honduras. Pub. 283, Botanical Series, vol. X. Field Museum of Natl. History, Chicago.
Sting(Wasp) Elsewhere *
Stomach Bahamas *
Stomachic Elsewhere *
Throat Honduras Standley, P.C. 1931. Flora of the Lancetilla Valley, Honduras. Pub. 283, Botanical Series, vol. X. Field Museum of Natl. History, Chicago.