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

Ethnobotanical Plant Physostigma venenosum

Common Name
Kalabar Baklasi, Calabar, Isho

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
Antidote Elsewhere *
Antidote(Atropine) Elsewhere *
Antidote(Strychnine) Elsewhere *
Arthritis Elsewhere *
Bursitis Elsewhere *
Colic(Veterinary) Elsewhere *
Fibrositis Elsewhere *
Myasthenia Gravis Elsewhere *
Myotic Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Ordeal Africa Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Parasiticide Africa *
Pediculicide Africa *
Poison Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Poison India *
Poison Africa Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977
Raticide Africa *
Rheumatism Elsewhere *
Sedative Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Spasm Elsewhere *
Tetanus Elsewhere *