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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Hibiscus tiliaceus

Common Name
Waru; Majagua; Mahaut; Demajagua; Baru; Coton Marron; Mahaut Franc; Coton Mahaut; Grand Mahaut

Activities

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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
Emollient Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Fever India *
Fever Java *
Gonorrhea Samoa *
Hemostat Samoa *
Intestine Samoa *
Itch 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.
Labor Samoa *
Laxative Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Laxative Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Laxative India *
Laxative Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Laxative Hawaii *
Lumbago India *
Lung Samoa *
Metroxenia Samoa *
Parturition Samoa *
Piles Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Resolvent India *
Rheumatism India *