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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
Fatality US Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977
Fever Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Flatulence Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Freckle China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Fungicide China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Gall-Bladder Curacao *
Gas China Li, C.P. 1974. Chinese Herbal Medicine. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-732.
Heart Elsewhere *
Hemostat Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Hypertension Curacao *
Laxative Haiti Brutus, T.C., and A.V. Pierce-Noel. 1960. Les Plantes et les Legumes d'Hati qui Guerissent. Imprimerie De L'Etat, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti.
Liver Elsewhere *
Marasmus China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Medicine Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Megalospleny India(Santal) *
Menorrhagia India(Santal) *
Mouthwash Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Narcotic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Nausea China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Nerves Curacao *