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Ethnobotanical Plant Kigelia pinnata

Common Name
Sausage Tree

Activities

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
Diarrhea China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Dysentery China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Dysentery Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Purgative Africa Duke, 1992 *
Rheumatism Africa Duke, 1992 *
Sore Africa Duke, 1992 *
Syphilis Africa Duke, 1992 *
Tumor Nigeria Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Venereal Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *