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Ethnobotanical Plant Physostigma venenosum

Common Name
Kalabar Baklasi; Calabar; Isho

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
Antidote Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Antidote(Atropine) Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Antidote(Strychnine) Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Arthritis Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Bursitis Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Colic(Veterinary) Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Fibrositis Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Myasthenia Gravis Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
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 Duke, 1992 *
Pediculicide Africa Duke, 1992 *
Poison Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Poison India Duke, 1992 *
Poison Africa Lewis and Elvin-Lewis, Medical Botany, ca 1977
Raticide Africa Duke, 1992 *
Rheumatism Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Sedative Turkey Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Spasm Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Tetanus Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *