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Melia azedarach

Common Name
Fleurs Lilas; Sibahbah; K'U Lien; Tasbih Aghaji; Sen Shu; Pazienza; Alilaila; To-Sendan; Gemeiner Zedarachbaum; Chin Ling Tzu; Arbol Enano; Chinaberry; Faux Sycomore; Lilas; Violeta; Lien; Paraiso; Sendan; Zanzalakht; Tak; Piment D'Eau; Lila; Lilayo; Amargoseira

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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
Poison China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Poison China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Poison Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Poison Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Poison US Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977
Poison Elsewhere *
Poison Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Poison Guatemala Standley, P.C., and J.A. Steyermark. 1952. Flora of Guatemala. Fieldiana Botany, vol, 24, pt. 3. Museum of Natl. History, Chicago.
Pulicide US Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Pulicide China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Purgative Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Purgative French Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Purgative Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Purgative Elsewhere *
Rash China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Repellant(Insect) Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Repellant(Insect) Guatemala Standley, P.C., and J.A. Steyermark. 1952. Flora of Guatemala. Fieldiana Botany, vol, 24, pt. 3. Museum of Natl. History, Chicago.
Repellant(Insect) Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Resolvent Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Rheumatism Elsewhere *