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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Jatropha curcas

Common Name
Pinon; Jarak; Medicinier Beni; Grand Medicinier; Jarak budeg; Tuba; Pinon De La India; Purging Nut; Nanyo-Aburagi; Physic Nut; Jarak belanda; Feuilles Medecinier

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Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Abortifacient Elsewhere *
Ache(Stomach) India(Travancore) *
Ache(Stomach) Tonga *
Ache(Tooth) Ghana Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Ache(Tooth) Elsewhere *
Ache(Tooth) Guatemala Standley, P.C., and J.A. Steyermark. 1952. Flora of Guatemala. Fieldiana Botany, vol, 24, pt. 3. Museum of Natl. History, Chicago.
Alopecia Samoa *
Anasarca India(Santal) *
Anodyne Trinidad *
Anodyne Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Antidote India(Travancore) *
Antidote(Comocladia) Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Antiseptic Elsewhere *
Ascites Mauritius Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Bedbug Ghana *
Burn Elsewhere *
Burn Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Carbuncle India(Santal) *
Caries Africa Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Cataplasm Panama(Choco) *