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	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Fever	Mexico	Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Leprosy	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Piscicide	Philippines	Duke, 1992 *
Poison	Latin America	Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977
Poison	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Poison	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Poison(Criminal)	Brazil	Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
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 *
Purgative	Mexico	Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.