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Ethnobotanical Plant Sapium sebiferum

Common Name
Suif Vegetal Chinois; Chinese Tallow Tree; Chinese Ongel; Chinese Tallowtree; Wu Chiu; Arbol Del Sebo

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
Alexiteric China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Antidote French Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Bite(Snake) China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Dyspepsia Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Edema China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Emetic English Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Emetic Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Hydragogue Spanish Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Hydrogogue Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Laxative China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Purgative Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Purgative Hainan Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Purgative Dutch Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Skin China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Skin Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Soap Asia Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Suppurative China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Tonic Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Vesicant Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Vulnerary China Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.