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

Ethnobotanical Plant Piscidia erythrina

Common Name
Crete De Coq, Jamaica Dogwood, Jamaice Dogwood, Jamaica Fishfuddle, Koraalstruik, Corniola, Coralshrub, Mulungu, Corniro, Fischrinde

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Activity Country/Region Reference
Anodyne English Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Cardiotonic French Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Diuretic Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Narcotic Spanish Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Piscicide English Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Piscicide Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Piscicide West Indies Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Poison Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Sedative German Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Sedative Latin America Uphof, J.C. Th. 1968. Dictionary of economic plants. 2nd ed. Verlag von J. Cramer.
Soporific Dutch Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.
Spasm Italian Steinmetz, E.F. 1957. codex Vegetabilis. Published by the author, Amsterdam.