Ethnobotanical Plant Crescentia cujete | Dr. Duke's Phytochemical and Ethnobotanical Databases

Common Name

Calebassier, Callebasse Marronne, Calebasse, Tabu kayu, Berenuk, Petite Calabasse Des Bois, Camasa, Guiro, Higuero Galion, Higuera, Calabash Tree, Calebasse Marron, Jiguero, Higuero

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Uses for this plant.
Click on column headings to sort table by that column. *Unless otherwise noted all references are to (Duke, 1992)
Activity Sort descending	Country/Region	Reference
Abortifacient	Mexico	Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.
Abortifacient	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Abortifacient(Veterinary)	Venezuela	Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.
Ache(Ear)	Cuba	Duke, 1992 *
Ache(Head)	Sumatra	Duke, 1992 *
Ache(Head)	Haiti	Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Ache(Head)	Curacao	Duke, 1992 *
Ache(Head)	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Anodyne	Haiti	Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Anodyne	Panama	Gupta, M.P., et al. 1979. Ethnopharmacognostic observations on Panamanian medicinal plants. Part I. Quarterly journal of crude drug research 17(3-4):115-130.
Antidote(Hippomane)	Curacao	Duke, 1992 *
Antidote(Hippomane)	Curacao	Duke, 1992 *
Aperient	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Apertif	Dominican Republic	Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Aphrodisiac	Haiti	Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Asthma	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Asthma	Curacao	Duke, 1992 *
Astringent	Cuba	Duke, 1992 *
Astringent	Elsewhere	Duke, 1992 *
Astringent	Mexico	Standley, Paul C. Trees and shrubs of Mexico. Contributions U.S. National Herbarium, vol. 23. Govt. Printing Office, Washington, D.C.