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Ethnobotanical Plant Tecoma stans

Common Name
Sauco Amarillo; Fleur De St Pierre; Chevalier; Herbe St Nicolas; Yellow Elder

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
Ache(Stomach) Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Alcoholism Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Atony Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Bilious Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Diabetes 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.
Diabetes Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Diabetes Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Diuretic Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Diuretic Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Diuretic Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic Latin America Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Diuretic Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Diuretic Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Diuretic Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Dysentery Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Gastritis Mexico Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Gastritis Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Inappetence Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Indigestion Mexico Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Intoxicant / Duke, 1992 *