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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Hibiscus sabdariffa

Common Name
Chai Kujarat; Afrika Bamyasi; Kerkedeh; Maravilla; Vinagrillo; Roselle; Oseille De Guinee

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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
Sedative India *
Strangury Elsewhere *
Tea Panama(Cuna) *
Tea Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Tonic Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Tonic Elsewhere *
Tonic Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Tonic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.