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Ethnobotanical Plant Faramea occidentalis

Common Name
Clavito; Cafetillo

Activities

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
Hemostat Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Stomach Cuba Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Wound Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.