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Ethnobotanical Plant Gliricidia sepium

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
Ache(Head) Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Alopecia Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Boil Salvador Altschul, Siri Von Reis. 1973. Drugs and foods from little-known plants. Harvard Univ. Press
Bruise Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Burn 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.
Cold Curacao Duke, 1992 *
Cough Curacao Duke, 1992 *
Cough Curacao Duke, 1992 *
Debility Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Eruption Curacao Duke, 1992 *
Erysipelas Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Erysipelas 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.
Expectorant Curacao Duke, 1992 *
Fatigue Curacao Duke, 1992 *
Fever Panama(Choco) Duke, 1992 *
Fever Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Gangrene Guatemala Standley, P.C., and J.A. Steyermark. 1952. Flora of Guatemala. Fieldiana Botany, vol, 24, pt. 3. Museum of Natl. History, Chicago.
Insecticide Elsewhere Duke, 1992 *
Itch 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.
Poison Venezuela Pittier, H. 1926. Manual de las Plantas Usuales de Venezuela. Litografia del Comercio, Caracas, Venezuela.