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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Citrus aurantium

Common Name
Ch'Eng; Turunc; Kuang Chu; Orange; Chin Ch'Iu; Orange Sure; Z'Orange Sure; Bergamot; Hua Chu Hung; Coolie Orange; Naranja De Babor; Oranger; Naranjo Amargo; Naranja Agria

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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
Abdomen China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Ache(Head) Mexico(Chinantec) *
Ache(Stomach) Mexico(Chinantec) *
Ache(Stomach) India(Santal) *
Anodyne China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Antidote(Fish) China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Antidote(Lobster) China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Antidote(Shrimp) China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Antifertility Elsewhere Lost Crops of the Incas.
Antiseptic Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Antiseptic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Antiseptic Elsewhere *
Apertif Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Apertif Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Bactericide China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Bubo China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Cancer China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Cancer US(NY) Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cancer China Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cancer(Breast) China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.