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Ethnobotanical Plant Thespesia populnea

Common Name
Mahot; Waru lot; Feuilles D'Haiti; Alamo Blanco; Grand Mahaut; Baru; Duartiana

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
Gonorrhea Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Guineaworms Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Herpes Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Hypertension 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.
Inflammation Samoa Duke, 1992 *
Itch Philippines Duke, 1992 *
Itch Java Duke, 1992 *
Joint Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Liver Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Longevity 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.
Malaria Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Mental Samoa Duke, 1992 *
Migraine Tahiti Duke, 1992 *
Ophthalmia Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Piles Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Pleurisy Java Duke, 1992 *
Poison Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Psoriasis Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Purgative New Zealand(Niue) Duke, 1992 *
Purgative Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.