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

Ethnobotanical Plant Sapium sebiferum

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

Activities

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Uses for this plant.
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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 *
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 *
Hydragogue Spanish Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Hydrogogue Elsewhere *
Laxative China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Purgative Dutch Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Purgative Elsewhere *
Purgative Hainan Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Skin Elsewhere *
Skin China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
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 *
Vesicant Elsewhere *
Vulnerary Elsewhere *