Ethnobotanical Plant Jatropha gossypifolia | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Name

Jarak china, Papaye Sauvage, Petit Mapou, Medecin, Medicinier, Jarak ulung, Jarak kosta merah, Tua-Tua, Yuca Cimarrona, Bellyache Bush

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 Sort descending	Country/Region	Reference
Ache(Stomach)	Curacao	Duke, 1992 *
Ache(Stomach)	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Antibiotic	India	Duke, 1992 *
Asthma	Curacao	Duke, 1992 *
Bilious	Venezuela	Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Bite(Snake)	Venezuela	Duke, 1992 *
Cancer	Costa Rica	Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Candlenut	Java	Duke, 1992 *
Carbuncle	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Cold	Curacao	Duke, 1992 *
Cold	Curacao	Duke, 1992 *
Cold	Curacao	Duke, 1992 *
Cough	Curacao	Duke, 1992 *
Depurative	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Depurative	Panama	Gupta, M.P., et al. 1979. Ethnopharmacognostic observations on Panamanian medicinal plants. Part I. Quarterly journal of crude drug research 17(3-4):115-130.
Depurative	Trinidad	Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Depurative	Trinidad	Duke, 1992 *
Diabetes	Curacao	Duke, 1992 *
Diarrhea	Curacao	Duke, 1992 *
Diarrhea	Venezuela	Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.