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

Common Name

Physic Nut; Jarak china

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
Bactericide	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Cancer	Wi(Carib)	Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cancer(Nose)	St Vincent	Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cathartic	Brazil	Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Colic	Indochina	Duke, 1992 *
Dyspepsia	Indochina	Duke, 1992 *
Emetic	Venezuela	Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Fever	Mexico	Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Fever	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Leprosy	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Piscicide	Philippines	Duke, 1992 *
Poison	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Poison	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Poison	Latin America	Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977
Poison(Criminal)	Brazil	Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Purgative	Mexico	Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Purgative	Java	Duke, 1992 *
Purgative	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Purgative	Venezuela	Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Purgative	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *