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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Erythrina variegata

Common Name
Chengkering (Abscess); Petaqueros; Arbor Maurepasia; Chengkering; Baton De Sorcier; Dedap; Le Maurepas

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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
Abscess Malaya *
Ache(Ear) India *
Ache(Stomach) Tonga *
Ache(Tooth) Malaya *
Ache(Tooth) India *
Anodyne India *
Asthma Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Asthma Java *
Astringent India *
Bilious India *
Bite(Snake) Malaya *
Bite(Snake) India(Santal) *
Bubo India *
Cancer Indochina *
Cancer Indochina Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cold Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Convulsion India(Santal) *
Convulsion Tonga *
Convulsion Tonga *
Cough Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.