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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Ceiba pentandra

Common Name
Fromager; Kabu kapes; Mengkapas; Randu; Fromagier; Mapou Coton; Kapok; Kapokku-No-Ki; Mapou; Kabu-kabu; Ceiba; Kekabu

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Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
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Soap Elsewhere *
Soap Guatemala Standley, P.C., and J.A. Steyermark. 1952. Flora of Guatemala. Fieldiana Botany, vol, 24, pt. 3. Museum of Natl. History, Chicago.
Spasm Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Spasm Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Sprain Trinidad *
Sprain Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Swelling Trinidad *
Swelling Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Syphilis Malaya *
Tumor Guinea Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Urethritis Java *
Wound Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.