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Ethnobotanical Plant Spondias mombin

Common Name
Jobo Macho; Mombin Franc; Ciruela; Gros Mombin; Myrobalane; Grand Mombin; Jobo De Puerco; Grtand Mombin Franc; Hogplum; Ciruela Amarilla

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
Anodyne Dominica Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Antiseptic Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Asthma Panama(Cuna) Duke, 1992 *
Astringent Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Astringent Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Astringent Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Cancer(Uterus) Cuba Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cold Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Cold Trinidad Duke, 1992 *
Cold Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Cold Panama(Cuna) Duke, 1992 *
Congestion Panama(Cuna) Duke, 1992 *
Cough Ghana Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Cough Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Cough Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Diarrhea Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Diarrhea Trinidad Duke, 1992 *
Diarrhea Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.
Diuretic Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Erysipelas Trinidad Wong, W. 1976. Some folk medicinal plants from Trinidad. Economic Botany 30(2): 103-142.