Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
U.S. Department of Agriculture

Ethnobotanical Plant Pedilanthus tithymaloides

Common Name
Itamo Real, Pokok lalipan, Redbird Cactus, Ponopinito, Pedong, Mincapatli

Activities

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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
Bite(Centipede) Malaya *
Carcinoma Cuba Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Caustic Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Corn Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Corn Venezuela Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Emetic Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Emetic West Indies *
Emetic Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Emmenagogue Elsewhere *
Emmenagogue Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Hernia Elsewhere *
Leucoderma Malaya *
Leucoderma Elsewhere *
Medicine Honduras Standley, P.C. 1931. Flora of the Lancetilla Valley, Honduras. Pub. 283, Botanical Series, vol. X. Field Museum of Natl. History, Chicago.
Poison Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Poison Guatemala Standley, P.C., and J.A. Steyermark. 1952. Flora of Guatemala. Fieldiana Botany, vol, 24, pt. 3. Museum of Natl. History, Chicago.
Poison Latin America Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977
Syphilis Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Tumor Mexico Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Umbilicus Elsewhere *