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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

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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
Skin Samoa *
Skin Tonga *
Sore India *
Sore Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Sudorific Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Sudorific Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Sudorific Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Sudorific India *
Swelling Malaya *
Throat Hawaii *
Wound India *
Wound Samoa *