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

Ethnobotanical Plant Citrus aurantiifolia

Common Name
Laimun, Agac Kavunu Agaci, Ben Zuhair, Numi Basra, Lime, Basra Limisi, Vijapura

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(Head) Ghana Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Ache(Stomach) Africa Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Antiseptic Guatemala Standley, P.C., and J.A. Steyermark. 1952. Flora of Guatemala. Fieldiana Botany, vol, 24, pt. 3. Museum of Natl. History, Chicago.
Antiseptic Elsewhere *
Bilious Ghana Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Carminative Iraq Al-Rawi, Ali. 1964. Medicinal Plants of Iraq. Tech. Bull. No. 15. Ministry of Agriculture, Directorate General of Agricultural Research Projects.
Carminative Iraq Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Chewstick Africa Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Collyrium W Africa Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Cough Mexico(Kickapoo) *
Dysentery W Africa Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Eye Ghana Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Fever Ghana Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Gargle Africa Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Gonorrhea Ghana Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Hepatitis Ghana Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Jaundice Ghana Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Laxative W Africa Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Liniment W Africa Ayensu, Edward S. 1978. Medicinal plants of West Africa. Reference Publications, Inc.
Medicine Panama(Cuna) *