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Ethnobotanical Plant Erythrina variegata

Common Name
Chengkering (Abscess); Petaqueros; Arbor Maurepasia; Chengkering; Baton De Sorcier; Dedap; Le Maurepas

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
Abscess Malaya Duke, 1992 *
Ache(Ear) India Duke, 1992 *
Ache(Stomach) Tonga Duke, 1992 *
Ache(Tooth) Malaya Duke, 1992 *
Ache(Tooth) India Duke, 1992 *
Anodyne India Duke, 1992 *
Asthma Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Asthma Java Duke, 1992 *
Astringent India Duke, 1992 *
Bilious India Duke, 1992 *
Bite(Snake) Malaya Duke, 1992 *
Bite(Snake) India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *
Bubo India Duke, 1992 *
Cancer Indochina Duke, 1992 *
Cancer Indochina Hartwell, J.L. 1967-71. Plants used against cancer. A survey. Lloydia 30-34.
Cold Dominican Republic Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.
Convulsion India(Santal) Duke, 1992 *
Convulsion Tonga Duke, 1992 *
Convulsion Tonga Duke, 1992 *
Cough Haiti Liogier, Alain Henri. 1974. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares de la Espanola. Universidad Nacional Pedro Henriquez Urena, Santo Domingo.