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Ethnobotanical Plant Rhizophora mangle

Common Name
Ch'Ieh Ting; Manglier Chandelle; Mangrove; Red Mangrove; Mangle Colorado; Manglier Rouge; Mangle Rojo; K'Ao Hua; Manglier Noir

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
Sore Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Sore(Throat) Haiti Brutus, T.C., and A.V. Pierce-Noel. 1960. Les Plantes et les Legumes d'Hati qui Guerissent. Imprimerie De L'Etat, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti.
Styptic Haiti Brutus, T.C., and A.V. Pierce-Noel. 1960. Les Plantes et les Legumes d'Hati qui Guerissent. Imprimerie De L'Etat, Port-Au-Prince, Haiti.
Styptic Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Styptic Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Throat Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Tonic Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Tuberculosis Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Wound Samoa Duke, 1992 *