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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Crescentia cujete

Common Name
Calebassier; Callebasse Marronne; Calebasse; Tabu kayu; Berenuk; Petite Calabasse Des Bois; Camasa; Guiro; Higuero Galion; Higuera; Calabash Tree; Calebasse Marron; Jiguero; Higuero

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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
Abortifacient Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Abortifacient Elsewhere *
Abortifacient(Veterinary) Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Ache(Ear) Cuba *
Ache(Head) Curacao *
Ache(Head) Elsewhere *
Ache(Head) Sumatra *
Ache(Head) Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Anodyne Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Anodyne Panama Gupta, M.P., et al. 1979. Ethnopharmacognostic observations on Panamanian medicinal plants. Part I. Quarterly journal of crude drug research 17(3-4):115-130.
Antidote(Hippomane) Curacao *
Antidote(Hippomane) Curacao *
Aperient Elsewhere *
Apertif Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Aphrodisiac Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Asthma Elsewhere *
Asthma Curacao *
Astringent Cuba *
Astringent Elsewhere *
Astringent Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.