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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
Liqueur Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Pain Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Stomach Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Stomachic Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Syphilis Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Syphilis Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Syphilis Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Tonic Latin America Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Tonic Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Tonic Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Tonic Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Tonic Mexico Martinez, Maximino. 1969. Las Plantas Medinales de Mexico.
Tonic Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Vermifuge Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Vermifuge Latin America Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Vermifuge Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.