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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
Nerves Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Nervine Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Oliguria Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Panacea China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Pectoral China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Pimple China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Prolapse China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Purgative Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Purgative Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Rectocele China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Refrigerant China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Rib China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Scurvy Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Sedative Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Sedative China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Sedative Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Shampoo Curacao *
Sore China Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Sore China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Sore Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.