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Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases
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Persea americana

Common Name
Abokado; Avocatier; Avocat; Aguacate; Perse Agaci; Zaboca; Avocado; Paltas

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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
Stomachic Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Stomachic Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Suppurative Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Suppurative Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Tea Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Tumor Mexico Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Tumor Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Tumor Peru Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Vermifuge Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Vermifuge Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Vermifuge Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Wound Elsewhere Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.