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Ethnobotanical Plant Haematoxylum campechianum

Common Name
Palo De Campeche; Bois Campeche; Kampes Agaci; Campeche; Campechier; Logwood

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
Diarrhea Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Diarrhea Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Diarrhea Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Diarrhea Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Dysentery Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Dysentery Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Dysentery Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Dysentery India Duke, 1992 *
Dysentery Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Dysentery Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Dyspepsia India Duke, 1992 *
Gangrene Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Hematochezia Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Hemostat Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Hemostat Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Leucorrhea 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.
Leucorrhea India Duke, 1992 *
Puerperium China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Sore Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Swelling China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.