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

Ethnobotanical Plant Cassia tora

Common Name
Gelenggang kechil, Ts'Ao Chueh Ming, Gelenggang padang, Pistache Marron, Cassia,Foetid, Penitora, Brusca Cimarrona

Activities

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Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Country/Region Reference
Ache(Ear) China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Ache(Head) China ANON. 1974. A barefoot doctor's manual. DHEW Publication No. (NIH): 75-695.
Bactericide Elsewhere Lost Crops of the Incas.
Bite(Bug) Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Bite(Snake) India(Santal) *
Cathartic Elsewhere Lost Crops of the Incas.
Cheloid Elsewhere *
Coffee Elsewhere *
Coffee Elsewhere *
Coffee Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Cold India *
Constipation China Lost Crops of the Incas.
Cough Malaya *
Epilepsy India(Santal) *
Eruption Mexico Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Eye China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.
Eye China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Fever Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Furuncle China Shih-chen, Li. 1973. Chinese medinal herbs. Georgetown Press, San Francisco.
Hepatitis China Keys, J.D. 1976. Chinese Herbs. Charles E. Tuttle Co., Tokyo.